Ariana News

Afghan broadcaster and online news outlet covering national politics, security, and current affairs in English, Pashto, and Dari.

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Ariana News at a glance

Country: Afghanistan
Region: South Asia · Asia
Kind of outlet: Television news channel
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Website: ariananews.af ↗
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Is Ariana News left-leaning, right-leaning or centrist?

Crosswire lists Ariana News as Center within Afghanistan's media spectrum — the grouping it uses both for genuinely centrist titles and for outlets the major media-bias assessments do not place consistently on one side.

Read Ariana News beside another title from Afghanistan and the differences show up fastest in what leads the page. Broadcast newsrooms build around what can be shown and who can be booked, so Ariana News's online front page tends to track its on-air running order — watch which stories carry video and which are text-only. Because Ariana News is listed near the centre, it works best as the fixed point in a comparison — put a left- and a right-leaning title from Afghanistan either side of it and the direction each one pulls becomes measurable rather than impressionistic.

This is an approximate orientation, not a definitive judgement — and not a rating of quality or accuracy. Read how Crosswire classifies editorial leanings, including the sources behind each label. Directory last reviewed 2026-08-31. Think this label is wrong? Suggest a correction.

Where Ariana News sits in Afghanistan's press

Ariana News is one of 5 outlets tracked in Afghanistan, and one of 2 television news channels among them — the other being Amu TV. By outlets tracked, Afghanistan ranks 18th of the 33 countries on Crosswire's Asia hub, which lists 169 outlets in all.

Across Asia, Crosswire tracks 12 of the 66 television news channels in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Ariana News outside Afghanistan, starting with South Asia, are Ada Derana (Sri Lanka), CGTN (China), Astro Awani (Malaysia) and Channel NewsAsia (Singapore). Opening one of them beside Ariana News is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.