Etilaatroz
News outlet in Afghanistan
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Etilaatroz (Dari: اطلاعات روز, lit. 'Daily Information'), operating in English as KabulNow, is an Afghan newspaper.[1] In 2021, due to the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, the outlet moved its office to a suburb of Washington D.C.[2] Etilaatroz is known for its in-depth investigative stories exposing high-level corruption, nepotism, systematic ethnic favoritism, and discrimination against minority ethnic groups in Afghanistan's government.[3]
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Founder | Zaki Daryabi |
| Publisher | Etilaatroz |
| Editor-in-chief | Sakhidad Hatif |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Language | Persian, English |
| Headquarters | Silver Spring, Maryland |
| Sister newspapers | kabulnow |
| Website | etilaatroz |
History
The Etilaatroz newspaper was founded in 2012 by Zaki Daryabi, an Afghan journalist.[4] The first edition of the outlet was printed in January 2012, but was soon shut down due to financial problems.[5] In December 2012, after securing a contract with a publishing company, Daryabi managed to bring together a team of journalists to produce content. The Etilaatroz headquarter was based in western Kabul, an area predominantly inhabited by the Hazara people. After publishing a series of stories exposing high-level corruption within the Afghanistan government, Etilaatroz was known as a newspaper that was "rattling Afghanistan's powerful".[6][7]
In the first week of September 2021, two Etilaatroz employees were detained by the Taliban while covering a women's protest in Kabul.[8] Journalist Taqi Daryabi and photographer Neamat Naghdi were detained for 48 hours and were severely beaten.[9][10] Both journalists appeared in front of the cameras with bruises and blood clots on their faces, back, waists, and legs.[11][12][13] The pair said that they were beaten with "batons, electrical cables and whips for several hours" until they passed out.[14][15] Etilaatroz was one of multiple media outlets that struggled to survive under the Taliban, but ultimately it was forced to move out of the country.[16]