NEW KANDAHAR RADIO STATION TO BE LAUNCHED. ------------------------------------------------------------------ The Boston-based NGO Afghans for Civil Society (ACS) on 25 February announced that former BBC producer Akhtar Kohestani will serve as station manager for Afghan Independent Radio (AIR), which is to be launched this spring.AIR will be the first independent radio station to be based in the former Taliban stronghold of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan. For 20 years, Kohestani worked with the BBC's Pashtu Service as a producer of radio programs for Afghanistan. Internews will provide technical support and staff training. Program content will be shared among radio stations throughout Afghanistan. Plans are under development for program sharing with the BBC, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Voice of America, Radio Afghanistan (Kabul), and Radio Afghanistan (Toronto). The project is managed by Afghans for Civil Society and funded by the Carr Foundation and the Open Society Institute (OSI). See http://www.afghanpolicy.org CC
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