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AFJC Announces 2024 Afghanistan Journalist of the Year Award Winners

AFJC Announces 2024 Afghanistan Journalist of the Year Award Winners

Journalist of the Year
Three Journalists Honored with Afghanistan Journalist of the Year Award 2023

Three Journalists Honored with Afghanistan Journalist of the Year Award 2023

Journalist of the Year
AFJC Awards Three Journalists, Including Two Women, with the 2021 Afghanistan Journalist of the Year

AFJC Awards Three Journalists, Including Two Women, with the 2021 Afghanistan Journalist of the Year

Journalist of the Year
Four Journalists Jointly Receive the Afghanistan Journalists of the Year Award 2022

Four Journalists Jointly Receive the Afghanistan Journalists of the Year Award 2022

Journalist of the Year
Liyaqat Layeq Receives 2020 Afghanistan Journalist of the Year Award

Liyaqat Layeq Receives 2020 Afghanistan Journalist of the Year Award

Journalist of the Year
  • Naweed Ahmad Barakzai Wins 2019 Journalist of the Year Award
    Naweed Ahmad Barakzai Wins 2019 Journalist of the Year Award
    Journalist of the Year
  • Journalist of the Year 2018: Zamzamah Niazi
    Journalist of the Year 2018: Zamzamah Niazi
    Journalist of the Year
  • Journalist of the Year 2017: Mukhtar Wafayee
    Journalist of the Year 2017: Mukhtar Wafayee
    Journalist of the Year
  • Journalist of the Year 2016: Maroofa Zaki
    Journalist of the Year 2016: Maroofa Zaki
    Journalist of the Year
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About the Afghanistan's Journalist of the Year Award

The Afghanistan Journalist of the Year Award has been bestowed annually since 2014 in conjunction with National Journalist Day, gradually gaining prominence to become the preeminent award in Afghanistan. The announcement of the Afghanistan Journalist of the Year Award has become a notable component of the annual National Journalist's Day celebration.

Award History

World Press Freedom Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in December 1993, following the recommendation of UNESCO's General Conference. Since then, 3 May, the anniversary of the Declaration of Windhoek is celebrated worldwide including Afghanistan as World Press Freedom Day.

In 2014, Ahmad Quraishi, the executive director of the Afghanistan Journalists Center(AFJC), shared his proposal with the organization's advisory board to designate a day towards the end of Afghanistan's official Solar Hijri civil calendar as Journalist Day. After consulting with media representatives across the country, the AFJC advisory board, comprising prominent Afghan journalists such as Faisal Karimi, Aziz Hakimi, Imam Mohammad Warymoch, Mohammad Wais Khetab, Lotfullah Najafizada, and Parwiz Kawa, reached a decision to designate the 27th of Hoot, the last month of the Solar Hijri Year (March 18), as "Journalist Day." This significant milestone was announced on March 18, 2014, and was warmly received by journalists nationwide. Consequently, in 2018, after the tireless efforts of lobbying and campaigning for five years, the government officially recognized and incorporated 'National Journalist Day' into the Afghan calendar.

As part of this ongoing initiative, AFJC annually honors top Afghan journalists for their outstanding individual performance over the year with the prestigious "Afghanistan Journalist of the Year" award. These outstanding individuals are selected by a distinguished jury committee.

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