Hasht-e Subh Daily
Hasht-e Subh Daily, known as 8am, is one of Afghanistan's most prominent independent newspapers, founded in Kabul in 2007. Since the Taliban takeover in 2021 it has continued publishing from exile as a digital outlet in Dari, Pashto and English, providing reporting and analysis on politics, human rights and society inside Afghanistan.
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Is Hasht-e Subh Daily left-leaning, right-leaning or centrist?
Crosswire lists Hasht-e Subh Daily 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.
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