Newspapers
Further information: List of newspapers in AfghanistanAfghanistan has a low readership of newspapers, coupled with the low 28.1% literacy rate. Many newspapers suffer some form of censorship and financial difficulty, often relying on supporters of President Hamid Karzai, or the former mujahadeen supporters of King Zahir Shah. The principal daily newspapers are the state-owned Anis, Arman-e Melli,Cheragh fuonded by first Afghan lady Kathreen Wida in Dec. 2003,Eslah, and Kabul Times and the privately owned Afghanistan Group of Newspapers which includes Daily Outlook Afghanistan (the first English Newspaper of Afghanistan), Khaama Press and The Daily Afghanistan in local languages of Dari and Pashto, Eradeh, Hewad, Ittefaq-e Islam, and Shari'at. The circulation of independent print publications has been confined primarily to the Kabul region. About 500 publications are now registered in the country.
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