Shahpoor Farahmand: Editor and Founder of VOF
Shahpoor Farahmand is a field journalist and political–social reporter who has worked in Afghan media for over ten years. He has covered major events such as the attack on the Green Village guesthouse in Kabul (2019), the attack on Kabul University (2020), the fall of Ghazni province to the Taliban (2018), and anti-security attacks in western Kabul.
Until the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban in 2021, he was a senior reporter for Ariana News TV in Kabul and reported live on the collapse of the republican government. In the same year, he was detained by Taliban intelligence and held in custody for a period of time.
Shahpoor Farahmand was named “Journalist of the Year” for two consecutive years by the Afghan Journalists Center and the Nai Supporting Open Media organization. He currently leads the exiled media outlet VOF (Voice of Freedom) in France.
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