Kabul Weekly

The Kabul Weekly was an independent Afghan weekly. Until its setting in the year 2011, it was the largest circulation newspaper in the country and is considered the first independent newspaper in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban.

Founder and editor in chief Faheem Dashty. Dashty was an employee of the legendary Afghan general Ahmad Shah Massoud. The first issue of the Kabul Weekly had four pages and a circulation of 2,000. By 1996, the newspaper was closed three times for criticizing the government. The support grew with every reboot. When the Taliban captured Kabul in September 1996 and no media were allowed anymore, the newspaper had 16 pages and a circulation of 6,000. At this time, 35 people were employed.

After the expulsion of the Taliban by U.S. and British troops, the newspaper was printed with the support of UNESCO again. In 2007, she had to interrupt the operation for six months for financial reasons.

Until their attitude for financial reasons in 2011 it was 10,000 copies, the highest circulation newspaper in the country and has been read both in Kabul and in the provinces. The Kabul Weekly was published every Wednesday for the price of 5 Afghani and was one of the few Afghan newspapers that publish many articles in English.