name: Akhbar-e Ruz
editors: Mohammad Seddiq Mir
text: They were financially supported by the BBC, the Indian consulate, DDR and PRT when Ismael Khan was Herat's governor.
  
  Published by the "Council of Professionals", a group also funding <I>Takhassus</I> magazine.  The newspaper offers a moderately independent viewpoint, even publishing articles criticising Ismael Khan.
  
  The newspaper is also known as "Herat", as the city's name is printed in large letters on the front page.