Danish Karokhel is the director of ''
Pajhwok Afghan News'', which is one of the leading independent news agencies in
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...
.
In 2008, he won an
International Press Freedom Award from the
Committee to Protect Journalists. The award is given to journalists who show courage in defending press freedom in the face of attacks, threats or imprisonment.
References
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Living people
Pashtun journalists
Afghan journalists
Year of birth missing (living people)