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Emran Feroz is an Afghan-Austrian journalist currently based in Stuttgart, Germany. He is regularly writing from Afghanistan, often focusing on the Middle East, Central Asia, drone warfare, refugee policies and human rights. Emran is writing in both German and English. His work has already appeared in international media outlets such as Al Jazeera, The Intercept, Alternet, The Atlantic or the New York Times and in various German and Austrian news papers and magazines.
In Afghanistan, Media Is Still A Target
It is well known that Afghanistan is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists.
Journalists and media workers are regularly being targeted by insurgents, militias, government troops and other groups and players on the ground.
But now, for some Afghan journalists, the risks have been increased again after a cleric in the western city of Herat recently declared a "holy war" against the country’s besieged media.
"Whoever eliminates them is fulfilling jihad ["holy war"], whoever is killed by them is a martyr," said preacher Fazlur Rahman Ansari during a Friday Prayers sermon.
However, it's not clear if Ansari is an official cleric. Besides, other religious authorities have already condemned his move.
Afghan media figures and watchdogs said that Ansari's words have been "irresponsible" and could harm journalists.
At least 11 journalists have been killed in Afghanistan in the first six months of 2018, making it the "bloodiest reporting period ever" for journalists in the country, the Afghan Journalists Safety Committee (AJSC), a local watchdog, said in a recent report.
