Services

  • Video Production Our camera crew, backed by a team of editors and producers, are capable of working under pressure in any environment to produce material in a wide-range of styles and formats. We can set you up with highly experienced camera crews ready to go with their own equipment and feeding facilities for spot-news, features, edited TV packages, press conferences or just a single interview sent to your news room through FTP or quick feeding points if required. We can be your camera-stringer in Afghanistan, a country rarely off the main headlines. Whether you need two-camera shoots, B-roll, man on the street, archive footage, studio or field lighting, landscape images and establishing shots, or moving pictures from the thick of the action, our team can deliver with style and impact.

    We use Sony PAL PD 170 and Sony HD cameras for shooting and Adobe Premier 2.0 and Final Cut Pro for editing but can switch to other systems should your domain require.
  • Photography With local knowledge, our photographers are able to offer a deeper perspective on Afghanistan and yet still produce work to the standards required by the global media – which means we understand the paramount importance of objectivity and honesty in the way we depict events. From spot news to features and commercial pictures our network of talented photographers operating across the country are capable of capturing and filing all angles of the story 24-hours a day. With years of experience documenting Afghanistan's breathtaking landscape, its people and the tumultuous events that tie them together, our photograpers are equipped and trained in using the latest technology to produce images that rival their international counterparts.
  • Reporting Our team of Afghan reporters are native Dari and Pashtu speakers but also proficient in English with the writing skills needed to provide ready-for-print news stories, features and analysis tailored to the needs of your publication. We are all fully-trained and capable journalists, for whom accuracy, balance, responsible sourcing and deadlines are as important as they are for you. Our contacts books are crammed with newsmakers, officials and colorful personalities across Afghanistan, and we can also hook you up with Kabul-based freelance journalists or one of our own staff to string for you on a regular basis. We could also conduct interviews on your behalf, provide color from hostile scenes and contribute quotes, should you need them for your copy.
  • Translation / Fixing / Facilitating Reporting from Afghanistan, gripped as it is in violence and entangled in cultural complexities, can be quite a challenge. A helping hand from Kabul Pressistan will ensure your trip here is successful. Contact us before you set off to get the full lay of the land. Working with Kabul Pressistan during your stay in Afghanistan, you'll be notified about major government announcements that are usually in local languages and can easily slip under the radar of foreign correspondents. We'll alert you to any media advisories and give regular tips-off about incident in any part of the country. Read more
  • Monitoring / Research / Survey For clients seeking a customized solution to researching, studying, and analyzing Afghanistan-related issues -- be it human resources, culture, religion, conflict and the insurgency -- Kabul Pressistan is the answer. Our team of local researchers can get to the heart of the topic, returning comprehensive results tailored for your project, mission or business. Powred and Hosted by www.kabulWebs.com Affordable and Reliable Web hosting domain hosting ,email hosting, Powered by: www.KabulFriends.com - make online friends, send free sms, Watch online videos , Read and write articles, Make online albums

    The Kabul Pressistan Monitoring Service is the best way to keep abreast of the latest trends in Afghan politics, current affairs, the insurgency and counter-insurgency. Our service includes constant monitoring of local politics, government and insurgent groups for mention of any foreign organization -- diplomatic missions, military missions, corporations and brand names – analysied and packaged for each client.

    If you require a more objective look at what the people of Afghanistan are thinking, we offer complete accurate, reliable and fully independent opionion polls and surveys on any issue, in all cities and regions of the country. We can operate to tight deadlines, delivering full statistical breakdowns from broad samples of the population or even reliable focus groups. We can take your questions to representative and clearly documented groups of any size.     Read more

 About

Kabul Pressistan is a one-stop shop offering solutions for all your international media requirements in Afghanistan.

 

We are a media production and facilitating agency run by a network of Afghan journalists, photographers, cameramen, fixers/interpreters and experts, all with long years of experience in Afghanistan and full knowledge of worldwide television, photography, film, print, radio and Internet demands.

 

Our time and experience in Afghanistan has gained us unrivaled access to a wide range of news-makers. From government officials, local and international organizations, to underground insurgent operatives, our contacts book contains everyone you need to get a quote for your story.

 

Despite increasing dangers in difficulties making many parts of Afghanistan inaccessible, our team is capable of providing unique and alternative content in the form of text, photos, video and audio from all corners of the country. No matter what your field or industry is, Kabul Pressistan is ready to realize your projects.

 

Our production service is particularly valuable for publications and outlets that do not have a permanent correspondent in Afghanistan. The agency, with a presence in almost all major Afghan cities, can be your correspondent on the ground, or provide you a reporter to string for you with the whole team at his or her back.

 

Kabul Pressistan can also offer a full range of services for international journalists deployed to Afghanistan.

Reporting from Afghanistan can be quite a challenge. The country remains gripped in an increasingly deadly insurgency, with violence, crime and conflict putting foreign journalists at risk of kidnapping, or worse.


We are fully aware of the fluid security situation in the country and can provide clients with the vital travel information and help they need to work as safely as possible in hostile zones.

 

We provide an A-to-Z service offering everything an international journalist will need in Afghanistan. Hire one of our fixer/interpreters and have the whole agency’s team working for you -- from fixing your appointments, booking your hotel room and plane ticket back home, to fighting through Afghanistan’s bureaucracy to get your visa and work permit -- our facilitating services help you save time and focus on your reporting.

 

As a multi-service media organization with a wide presence in all major Afghan cities, Kabul Pressistan has the capability to deploy across the country in short notice.

 

In addition to reporting, we can also provide accurate opinion polls with full statistical breakdown on any subject. In addition we are able to offer expert analysis of various.

 

For international organizations involved in Afghanistan, either militarily or helping with post-Taliban reconstruction, Kabul Pressistan can provide feedback from the Afghan local media about your activities and services.

 

Our daily monitoring of Afghan newspapers, television and radio stations, translated and packaged for you in English, will give you a feel for public debate and perceptions.

 

News Alerts & Tips

President Karzai fires top Human Rights Commissioner Nadery President Hamid Karzai has fired one of Afghanistan's most leading Afghanistan's Independent Human Rights Commission's commissioners Nader Nadery reportedly over a report he released criticizing top government officials. In phone call to Kabul Pressistan's Sardar Ahmad, Nadery confirmed the reports, saying he does not regret releasing the report. He has not though officially notified of his removal. ... More



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Afghanistan News Calendar
In the Afghanistan news calendar many events and incidents are unexpected such as Taliban suicide bombings, counterinsurgency operations that often lead to scores of civilian deaths and political developments that make big headlines.

But some events that are likely to make news are known to happen. Click here for a news calendar
Chronology of major events in Post-Taliban Afghanistan Afghanistan is hardly off the world's headlines since the United States invaded it to unseat the Taliban from power as a punishment for sheltering Al-Qaeda leaders whom Washington accused of carrying out the 9/11 attacks on its cities.

Since then an international force currently numbering more than 150,000 troops are stationed in the country fighting an insurgency being waged by the remnants of the Taliban regime. The Chronology