The following is a list of notable women journalists who were born in Afghanistan:
Shakaiba Sanga Amaj (Pashto:شکېبا څانګه آماج) (born 1986 assassinated 2007) Asma Rasmya (born 1877) editor, school principled and feminist. Mother of queen Soraya Tarzi and the mother-in-law of king Amanullah Khan Najiba Ayubi journalist, humanitarian and activist. Managing director of the Killid Group nonprofit media network. Basira Joya (born 2001 or 2002) anchor for Zan TV and Ariana Television Network before fleeing to the U.S. in 2021. Zohra Daoud (Dari: زهره يوسف داود); (born 1954 in Kabul) Miss Afghanistan 1972 winner, fled Afghanistan for the United States. Maryam Durani (مَریَم دورانی) (born 1987) Afghan activist and women's advocate. 2012 winner of the International Women of Courage Award. Wahida Faizi () journalist, head of the Women Journalist Section of the from 2015 until the fall of Kabul on 15 August 2021. Farahnaz Forotan (, born 1992) journalist and women's rights activist. Saeeda Mahmood BBC World Service journalist Mina Mangal (1992 to 2019) journalist, political advisor, and women's rights activist who was killed by gunfire in 2019 in uncertain circumstances. Horia Mosadiq human rights activist, political analyst and journalist who works for Amnesty International.
Fariba Nawa (born 1973) freelance journalist and author of Opium Nation. Farida Nekzad co-founder of Pajhwok Afghan News, former vice president of the South Asia Free Media Association Fatima Rahimi (born 1992) Afghan-Czech journalist presenter of Hergot! on Czech Radio's Radio Wave.
Zakia Zaki (c. 1972 – 4 June 2007) journalist and founder of Afghan Radio Peace (Sada-i-Sulh) station.