Khaama Press

The Khaama Press News Agency (Pashto: خامه پرس خبری آژانس) (Persian: خبرگزاری خامه پرس) is the largest online news service for Afghanistan which was established in October 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan by Khushnood Nabizada, an Afghan journalist and entrepreneur.[1][2]

The Khaama Press News Agency
خبرگزاری خامه پرس
TypeNews Agency, Online
Country
Afghanistan
Founded2010 (2010)
by Khushnood Nabizada
MottoAfghan Online Newspaper
Key people
Khushnood Nabizada
Ahmadshah Ghanizada
Shah Wali Sadiq
Kamaluddin Koshan
Jawed Rostapoor
Seraj Entizar
Royeen Rahnosh
Zabihullah Moosakhail
Abdul Khaliq Hussaini
Amir Hamza Sahrai
Official website
https://www.khaama.com
LanguageEnglish, Pashto, Persian

‘Khaama’ is an ancient ‘Persian’ word which means ‘ The Pen’. [3]

Khaama Press operates in 3 languages: English; Pashto; and Persian.[4][5] The Khaama Press News Agency is a private firm that works in the area of reporting news from Afghanistan.[6]

Khaama Press is one of the most popular websites in Afghanistan based on Alexa ranking,[7] and Google News.[8] According to a recent demographic reports by Google Analytics, it 50% of its audience comes from Afghanistan and the other 50% comes from other parts of the world including United States of America, Canada, European Countries, Asia, Middle East, South Asia and Australia.[7]

History

In 2009, the Khaama Press news portal was designed by founder Khushnood Nabizada to publish stories about successful Afghan personalities and biographies of well-known figures including poets and politicians. After initially receiving positive feedback the site expanded, and in 2010, Khaama Press obtained an operating license from the Ministry of Information and Culture of Afghanistan as an official News Agency in the country.[1]

Why did [Khushnood Nabizada] decided to invest and establish [Khaama Press], he answers: Afghanistan country entered in to a new era with the assistance of international community in 2001 after the fall of ‘Taliban’, an extremist religious group that led the country for 5 years. Since then, ‘Afghanistan’ received a large amount of development funds from the International society, but most of these grants were not spent ‘transparent’ as a result of poor monitoring and control. Media and press agencies are always a great help and a powerful tool to keep eyes on the executive and implementing agencies, promoting ‘transparency’.I loved to be the ‘throat’ of my people and ‘share’ their pains, failures, success and developments by writing. Therefore, I established Khaama Press back in October 2010 to help the journalism sector of Afghanistan. Afghanistan, a country that has been in the midst of civil war and violence for more than 40 years, in the absence of media and ‘freedom of speech’, has much to say and independent news agencies such as ‘Khaama Press’ can assist to report on security, society, business and political issues to provide awareness and assist the partner global organizations in decision making, providing them with the accurate and on-time information.[3]

Audience

The Khaama Press News agency draws busy traffic with readers from Afghanistan, India, United States, Iran and Germany according to Alexa Web and Information Company.[9] Its website receives over 50,000 visits daily.

Khaama Press posts get substantial traffic on social media sites, with around 1.5m likes on Facebook and over 290K followers on Twitter as of Aug 08, 2020.[10][11]

References
  1. "About Khaama Press". Khaama. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  2. "Khushnood Nabizada Biography in Persian" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  3. "About Khaama Press". khaama.com. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  4. "Online Newspapers". Online Newspapers. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  5. "Khaama Persian". Khaama. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  6. Peace Dividend Trust Afghanistan, Afghan Building Markets
  7. "Khaama Press ranked in Alexa". Alexa. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  8. Khaama in Google News
  9. "KhaamaAlexa Info". Khaama. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  10. "Facebook Page Link".
  11. "Twitter Account Link".
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