International Emmy Winners for News & Current Affairs Announced

NEW YORK: U.K. coverage of the Taliban in Pakistan won International Emmy Awards in both the news and current-affairs categories.

Sky News’ Pakistan: Terrors’ Frontline, presenting exclusive coverage revealing that the Taliban are in control of Pakistan, won the news category. Dispatches: Pakistan’s Taliban Generation, a special produced by October Film for Channel 4 that looks at how the war on terror is creating a generation of child terrorists, won in the current-affairs category.

The International Emmys were presented to the winners by The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in New York City on September 27.

"We congratulate the men and women behind these ground-breaking reports," said Bruce L. Paisner, the president and CEO of The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. "Despite the danger surrounding them, they are committed to journalistic excellence and we are pleased to be recognizing their outstanding work with an Emmy."