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Spogmai radio programs cover news, political, economic, social, cultural, and entertainment programs. The organization is partnered with China Radio International Pashto (CRI Pashto) and [[China Radio International]] (CRI), a [[state-owned]] international radio broadcaster of the People's Republic of China, in Afghanistan.<ref>{{cite web |title=CRI's Website |url=http://chinaplus.cri.cn/ |website=China Plus |accessdate=4 August 2020}}</ref> It airs CRI Pashto's Pashto programs in Afghanistan.<ref>{{cite web |title=CRI Pashto |url=http://pushtu.cri.cn/index08.htm |website=CRI Pashto |accessdate=4 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Armed men beat 2 Afghan journalists, leaving 1 unconscious |url=https://cpj.org/2022/11/armed-men-beat-2-afghan-journalists-leaving-1-unconscious/ |website=Committee to Protect Journalists |publisher=Committee to Protect Journalists |access-date=21 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=په افغانستان کې د دوو خبریالانو پر وړاندې شوی تاوتریخوالی وغندل شو |url=https://pa.azadiradio.com/a/32127860.html?fbclid=IwAR2LAA0p1t3Ds6vvWo079FIyDkKGb3h-wpCL2WYKSKvLy4OuDsuMj8MMwXk |website=ازادي راډیو |publisher=Azadi Radio |access-date=19 November 2022}}</ref> A subsidiary TV news channel, STR News or Spogmai Television Radio News, was launched in December 2020.<ref name="heart" />
 
On October 18, 2022 Spogmai FM journalist Ezatullah Salimi was abducted and questioned by two armed men for multiple hours. According to Salimi and security footage reviewed by the nonprofit organization [[Committee to Protect Journalists]], the reporter and presenter was beaten during questioning on what the attackers viewed as anti-Taliban reporting before being released.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spicer |first=Sarah |date=2022-11-11 |title=Armed men beat 2 Afghan journalists, leaving 1 unconscious |url=https://cpj.org/2022/11/armed-men-beat-2-afghan-journalists-leaving-1-unconscious/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=Committee to Protect Journalists |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
== See also ==