People related to Kilid Group:

Executive Director
Najiba Ayubi
Phone: 93 (0) 799 329832, 93 (0) 771 088888





Director General of Development of Humanitarian Services for Afghanistan (DHSA) and TKG
Shahir Zahine,







TKG Media Development Director:
Ricardo Grassi,

Background:
TKG was first established with the support of USAID and the EC which invested in the start-up and professional capacity building of the project over a two year process between 2002 and 2006. Today, TKG is largely self-sustainable through public communication contracts and advertising sales which go back into project development and capacity building. The Killid Group (TKG) is an Afghan public media group made of eight local Radios and two weekly nation-wide magazines, established by the Development and Humanitarian Services for Afghanistan (DHSA) in 2002.

The group's editorial policy embraces one main concept: Afghan ownership of Afghanistan's process, and is committed to one principle: people's right to be informed and to be heard, which is the basis for good governance, accountability and transparency. To fulfill the concept and the principle we are forging a TKG focus and style, ruled by high quality, in-depth, timely, accurate and balanced reporting together with a creative selection of story-ideas.

TKG operates under DHSA’s administrative and legal framework. DHSA has been operating throughout Afghanistan since 1992 as a trusted and effective partner for a wide range of local and international organizations. DHSA operates five divisions:
Public Media (namely TKG);
Humanitarian (working as UNHCR’s shelter partner in Northern Afghanistan),
Education (teacher training and accelerated learning with USAID in Khost and Daikundi),
Cultural Heritage (rehabilitation of historic sites and music festivals), and
Environmental Protection (through public communication).

TKG operates a network of eight radio stations in seven provinces, a strategic public communication division and a publishing house.
• Broadcast media through radio and soon television,
• Magazine and book publishing
• Advocacy through strategic public communication.

TKG operates the Radio Killid Network with local stations in Kabul, Mazar, Kandahar, Jalalabad, Ghazni, Khost and Herat. In 2010 TKG launched Afghanistan’s first radio station dedicated to Rock ‘n’ Roll.

TKG is the home of Afghanistan’s two highest circulation independent magazines, The Killid Magazine and Mursal, exclusive women’s weekly. The magazines are the only two publications to reach each of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces every week and have served as a valuable public communication and literacy tool for a nation where public libraries and newsstands are minimal at best. Killid (the key) Magazine is Afghanistan’s most popular, highest circulation and most widely distributed independent printed press. The magazine was first published in 2002 and has since grown from 3000 copies a week in Kabul to 25,000 copies to all 34 provinces of the country each week, making it the only independent press to reach the entire nation on a weekly basis.

Mursal Women’s Magazine Like Killid Magazine, Mursal is Afghanistan’s most popular, highest circulation and most widely distributed women and family focused independent press. The magazine evolved as a free supplement to Killid Magazine and is now sold in the market place.

TKG Main Office :
House # 442, Street # 6, Chardehi Watt, Near to Uzbekha Mosque, Karta-e-sea, Kabul, Afghanistan Telephon number : +93 (0) 2500 717 Email address : info@tkg.af Advertising and  public communication support Marketing manager : Ms. Afsana Rahimi Email address : sales@tkg.af