Afghanistan Archives

No, CNN didn’t report that the same man died in Afghanistan and Uvalde

A bogus tweet from accounts masquerading as CNN falsely asserted that the same man died in multiple events. CNN did not make these reports.

May 31, 2022

Samantha Putterman

Misinformation about the end of the war in Afghanistan, debunked

These claims were among the recurring themes of misinformation that we fact-checked as the two-decade war came to a chaotic close.

September 7, 2021

Samantha Putterman

Pulitzer Prize Board issues a special citation to Afghan journalists and media workers

The citation includes a $100,000 grant for emergency relief

August 27, 2021

Poynter Staff

How are Afghan refugees being vetted? Here’s what we know.

Between Aug. 14 and the afternoon of Aug. 25, the U.S. had flown 82,300 people out of Kabul, according to official figures.

August 27, 2021

Louis Jacobson

Opinion | Some good news, some uncertain news regarding the media in Afghanistan

It’s absolutely imperative that the US government does everything in its power to make sure those who worked with American media are safe.

August 18, 2021

Tom Jones

Fake news accounts are spreading false information about journalists executed in Afghanistan

Fake social media accounts that imitate CNN and other news organizations posted that their journalists were executed in Kabul by Taliban fighters.

August 18, 2021

Ciara O'Rourke

Opinion | The good, bad and ugly of the media coverage of Afghanistan

The coverage, in many places, was all too predictable.

August 17, 2021

Tom Jones

Opinion | How the media covered the controversial end of the US’s longest war

In times like these, it’s evident that no US network is more equipped to cover such a major international and national story quite like CNN.

August 16, 2021

Tom Jones

Journalists, listen to veterans of the war in Afghanistan and their families

And let's remember the media workers killed in Afghanistan, too. More than 30 have been killed there just since 2018.

April 15, 2021

Al Tompkins

Afghanistan journalists attempt a boycott after death of reporter

On Thursday, March 20, at a celebration of the Persian New Year in Kabul’s posh…

April 15, 2014

Jack Newsham

Afghanistan gets more dangerous for journalists as elections approach

Losing three colleagues in a month has been a shock, The Washington Post's Kevin Sieff…

April 4, 2014

Kristen Hare

The story of women in Afghanistan ‘must be told’

Journalist Zoreh Soleimani on the right in Afghanistan. (CIR)In 2011, Iranian photojournalist Zohreh Soleimani walked…

April 4, 2014

Kristen Hare

Opinion | Some good news, some uncertain news regarding the media in Afghanistan

Opinion | The good, bad and ugly of the media coverage of Afghanistan

Opinion | How the media covered the controversial end of the US’s longest war

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