Khaama Press

The Khaama Press News Agency
خبرگزاری خامه پرس

Type	News Agency, Online
Country	Afghanistan
Founded	2010 (2010) by Khushnood Nabizada
Motto	Afghan Online Newspaper
Key people	Khushnood Nabizada Abdul Azim Ahmadzai Ahmadshah Ghanizada Shah Wali Sadiq Kamaluddin Koshan Jawed Rostapoor Seraj Entizar Royeen Rahnosh Zabihullah Moosakhail Abdul Khaliq Hussaini Amir Hamza Sahrai
Official website	www.khaama.com
Language	English, Pashto, Persian

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

"Khaama" is an ancient Persian word that means "The Pen".

Khaama Press operates in three languages: English, Pashto, and Persian. The Khaama Press News Agency is a private firm that works in the area of reporting news from Afghanistan.

Khaama Press is one of the most popular websites in Afghanistan based on Alexa ranking and Google News. According to a recent demographic report by Google Analytics, 50 percent of its audience come from Afghanistan and the other 50 percent from other parts of the world, including the United States of America, Canada, Europe, Asia, Middle East, South Asia and Australia.

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; during 2010 Khaama Press obtained an operating license from the Ministry of Information and Culture of Afghanistan, as an official News Agency in the country.

The founder of Khaama Press decided to invest in and established the press, because:

Afghanistan country entered into a new era with the assistance of the 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 number 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 more accurate and in-time information

— Khushnood Nabizada

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. Its website receives more than 50,000 visits daily.

Khaama Press posts get substantial traffic on social media sites, with around 1.73m followers on Facebook and over 434K followers on Twitter as of November 22, 2022.

External links

• Official website

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