Our Productions

VIDEO PRODUCTION
We can set you up with highly experienced camera crews ready to go with their own equipment and feeding facilities for spot-news, features, edited TV packages, press conferences or just a single interview sent to your news room through FTP or quick feeding points if required. We can be your camera-stringer in Afghanistan, a country rarely off the main headlines.

Our five-man camera crew, backed by a team of editors and producers, are capable of working under pressure in any environment to produce material in a wide-range of styles and formats.

Whether you need two-camera shoots, B-roll, man on the street, archive footage, studio or field lighting, landscape images and establishing shots, or moving pictures from the thick of the action, our team can deliver with style and impact.

Our cameras Sony PAL PD 170 Sony HD

Editing systems Adobe Premier 2.0 - Windows Final Cut Pro - Mac

We can switch to other systems should your domain require.

TEXT REPORTING
Our team of Afghan reporters are native Dari and Pashtu speakers but also proficient in English with the writing skills needed to provide ready-for-print news stories, features and analysis tailored to the needs of your publication.

We are all fully-trained and capable journalists, for whom accuracy, balance, responsible sourcing and deadlines are as important as they are for you.

Our contacts books are crammed with newsmakers, officials and colorful personalities across Afghanistan, and we can also hook you up with Kabul-based freelance journalists or one of our own staff to string for you on a regular basis. We could also conduct interviews on your behalf, provide color from hostile scenes and contribute quotes, should you need them for your copy.

PHOTOGRAPHY
From spot news to features, our network of talented photographers operating across the country are capable of capturing and filing all angles of the story 24-hours a day. With years of experience documenting Afghanistan’s breathtaking landscape, its people and the tumultuous events that tie them together, out photograpers are equipped and trained in using the latest technology to produce images that rival their international counterparts.

With local knowledge, our photographers are able to offer a deeper perspective on Afghanistan and yet still produce work to the standards required by the global media – which means we understand the paramount importance of objectivity and honesty in the way we depict events.

SURVEYS AND OPINION POLLS
If you need more of an objective look at what the people of Afghanistan are thinking, we are also able to complete accurate, reliable and fully independent opionion polls and surveys on any issue, in any major city across – and most other areas – of the country.
We can operate to tight timeframes, delivering full statistical breakdowns from broad samples of the population – or even reliable focus groups.
We can take your questions to representative and clearly documented groups of any size and, bearing in mind the difficulty canvassing thoughts in parts of the country where intimidation and retribution are rife, we will use the utmost discretion and impartiality when collecting data.

With our intuitive knowledge of local culture we can provide in depth feedback to international military and development organizations on local perceptions and attitudes towards ongoing an imminent projects.

MONITORING THE AFGHAN MEDIA
If you need feedback from the Afghan media about your activities and services or just want to know what the issues of the day are, we can help.

Our daily monitoring of Afghan newspapers, television and radio stations, translated and packaged for you in English, will give you a feel for the public debate and perceptions.

Our method of media monitoring and analysis provides an objective overview of how you and your company are portrayed by Afghan media, a comprehensive rundown of media coverage and its effectiveness. We currently monitor all leading outlets, and provide on-demand monitoring of all Afghan broadcasters and print outlets -- on Afghanistan-related issues.

Our Monitoring includes:
(Take it as a package or select a specific topic)
1   Daily Media Review: Complete daily monitoring of local media and open-source reporting concerning Afghanistan.
2   Civilian casualty coverage: Monitoring Afghan media coverage of civilian casualties in operations by pro-government forces (international and local) and insurgent attacks, each specified, beside the number of deaths, by date, nature of the attack and location. With our own tracking of even smaller numbers of non-combatant deaths that does not appear in mainstream reporting sources, we tally and provide on-demand to clients the results on a weekly, monthly, or annual basis.
3   Afghan security forces' activities/operations: Reports dealing with military operations conducted by Afghan National Security Forces -- Afghan National Army (ANA), Afghan National Police (ANP) and Intelligence agency (Ns). Using our own casualty-tracking systems we count and provide on demand to clients the tally.
4   Foreign Forces operations/activities: Operations by Coalition Forces against insurgents, their reconstruction efforts and other activities -- and Afghan criticism of the forces.
5   Criminal Activity: Murder, robbery, kidnapping of locals and foreigners, highways attacks (that have not been linked to Insurgent Activities).
6   Corruption: Illegal activity reports involving Afghan government officials, government agencies and parliamentarians.
7   Humanitarian Crisis: Reports on natural disasters, famine, starvation, droughts, refugees and displaced persons.
8   Insurgent attacks and insurgent media: Reports relating to insurgent activities and their presence in the Afghan media, including statements by militants' spokesmen.
9   International/UN-linked Efforts: Reports on International civilian activities conducted by NGOs, the United Nations and PRTs.
10   Drugs/Narcotics: Reports of drugs-related issues such as arrest of drug dealers, counter-narcotics activities, poppy eradication and seizure of drugs.
11   Human Rights/women/children: Reports on human rights, women’s rights, abuses, and freedom of speech.
12   Political talk shows: Popular talk shows on Afghan broadcasters where Afghan and international politics, military operations and vital social issues are discussed by Afghan experts, analysts and civil society activities.