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3 unusual facts about Afghanistan Times Daily


Afghanistan Times Daily

The paper identified a need for funds to hire new chief editors, sub-editors and journalists in the Afghan provinces of Herat, Kandahar, Ghazni, Bamian, Parwan, Kunduz, Jalalabad and Khost.

Members of the editorial board include Dr. Sharif Fayez (Head of the Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA), Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Dr. Sultana Parwanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif and Saduddin Shpoon (former producer of Afghanistan's Voice Of America (VOA) radio programming).

Although subscriptions and advertisements provided a major income stream, they were not enough to cover the costs of publishing the paper.



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