Afghan Biographies

Samandar, Rahimullah Samander


Name Samandar, Rahimullah Samander
Ethnic backgr. Pashtun
Date of birth
Function/Grade Head of the Chamber of Industries and Mines
History and Biodata

2. Previous Functions:
Azadi Radio, Head (20110326)
Global Journalist Center (2009)
Rahimullah Samander (and Danish Karokhel) are IWPR reporters/editors in Kabul participating in IWPR’s Loya Jirga reporting project (2003)
Afghanistan Independent Journalists' Association AIJA President (2006-2012)
Afghanistan Independent Journalists' Association AIJA Secretary General (2012- )
Head of the Afghanistan Chamber of Industries and Mines (ACIM) (20170908)

3. Biodata:
samanderRahimullah Samandar is the head (President) of the Afghanistan Independent Journalists' Association (AIJA) which has over 1,900 members throughout the county. AIJA is a affiliate of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). Rahimullah Samandar is an "The Institute for War and Peace Reporting IWPR" reporter and the editor-in-chief of the Wakht News Agency (20081117). Wakht News Agency is a private news agency established December 2008 and it is one of the three news agencies in Afghanistan, Samander said. The news agency currently had 35 reporters in Afghanistan. Naqibullah Taib is also a member of. the Afghan Independent Journalists' Association.

Last Modified 2023-07-05
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