name: Anis
editors: Gul Ahmad Nori, Meher Zad (Hisamuddin Hisham - head of reporters)
text: Launched in 1927, this daily government newspaper is written 80% in Dari and 20% in Pashtu and has about 5,000 readers. The Ministry of Information and Culture appoints the editor and hires all the staff.
  
  [â€œThis four page national daily, established in 1928, was closed twice, once during the Mujahideen fighting and then again during the Taliban regime. However, the Taliban regime later restarted the daily and used it as a propaganda tool. Presently, this tri-lingual (Dari, Pashto and English) publication is funded by the government. Nearly 20 percent of the print run is ed free through government departments.â€ (Internews Media Monitor)
  
  Newspaper cost: 5 Afghani (October 2006)
address: Third Floor Liberty Printing Press Building, 3nd Macrorayan, Kabul