Afghanistan: Media Confrontation
The BBC highlights a conflict between the military and local ’stringers’ over footage showing civilian deaths from a US-led military operation: “Mr Gul said troops took his camera, deleted his photos and returned it to him.
Khanwali Kamran, a reporter for the Afghan channel Ariana Television, said the American soldiers also deleted his footage, AP reported.
“They warned me that if it is aired … then, ‘You will face problems,’” Mr Kamran was quoted by the news agency as saying. ”
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