The foundation stone for a memorial in memory of media victims killed in Afghanistan in the past 16 years was laid in Kabul’s Pul-e-Bagh-e-Omomi area in Kabul on Saturday. 

Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, MPs, media workers and other senior government officials, including acting minister of information and culture, attended the ceremony. 

The area chosen for the memorial was once a popular venue for book shops in the city. The book stores backed on to a wall in the area which was once called the “wall of democracy”.

In this episode of Farakhabar, host Fawad Aman discusses the topic with following guests:

• Sayed Jafar Rastin, advisor to Information and Culture Ministry's publications

• Sayed Ikram Afzali, deputy head of the Commission of Access to Information