Nabil Miskinyar ( fa, نبيل مسكينيار, born 26 September 1948) is an
Afghan
Afghan may refer to:
*Something of or related to Afghanistan, a country in Southern-Central Asia
*Afghans, people or citizens of Afghanistan, typically of any ethnicity
** Afghan (ethnonym), the historic term applied strictly to people of the Pas ...
TV host who owns a
TV channel in the
United States
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called
Ariana Afghanistan TV since 1989. His office is based out of
Orange, California
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and has offices in
San Francisco
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,
Dubai
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and
Hamburg
(male), (female) en, Hamburger(s),
Hamburgian(s)
, timezone1 = Central (CET)
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.
On September 11, 2011, Miskinyar was attending a business meeting when he was abducted and held at gunpoint for approximately seven hours. He posted a media statement later in the week detailing how he was "interviewed" in a propaganda video and forced to denounce his work and political beliefs. His abductors have yet to be brought to justice.
References
External links
Ariana Afghanistan TV websiteOC WeeklyCNN
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Living people
Afghan television journalists
1948 births