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| Country | Afghanistan |
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| Headquarters | Kabul |
| History | |
| Launched | 22 February 2011 |
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| Website | https://khurshid.tv/ |
Khurshid TV (Dari: تلویزیون خورشید) is an Afghan general entertainment television station based in Kabul.
History
The channel was launched in 2011.[1] The name of the channel is a Persian name meaning sun (see Khorshid).
Two Khurshid TV employees were wounded when their van was targeted by a bomb in Kabul in August 2019.[2] During the May 2020 Afghanistan attacks, a vehicle belonging to Khurshid TV was apparently the target in a roadside bomb in Kabul. A journalist at Khurshid TV was killed along with the driver.[3] The attack was widely condemned by Afghan journalists, the government and internationally.[4] In 2021, Pahjwok Afghan News reported that some Khurshid employees had not been paid by the station.[5] After the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, Khurshid TV went off air.[6]
The station's CEO was Mohammad Rafi Rafiq Sediqi. Sediqi died in November 2020 from suspected gas poisoning.[7]
References
- ↑ "DevelopmentAid". DevelopmentAid. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
- ↑ "Afghan TV Bus Bombed In Kabul, Killing Two". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
- ↑ "Afghan Journalist, Driver Killed In Blast Targeting TV Workers". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
- ↑ "Islamic State kills Afghan journalist, technician in bus blast". Reuters. 2020-05-30. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
- ↑ کاکړ, هجرت الله (2021-10-04). "کارمندان تلویزیون خورشید: اداره، معاشات سه ماه گذشتۀ ما را اجرا نمی کند" (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-10-03.
- ↑ "Afghan journalists' battle: To keep free expression alive". Christian Science Monitor. 2021-09-17. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
- ↑ Alim, Mohammad Haroon (2020-11-26). "Former CEO to Khurshid Channel Dies Mysteriously". The Khaama Press News Agency. Retrieved 2022-10-03.