I am afraid YES. in Afghanistan most of the journalists currently are attached to one or other western media outlet or NGOs or such arrangement. often majority are suppose to toe their line so mainly opinion
Many areas are Taliban dominated so they hardly will go there besides there are some good security and monitoring apparatus put by the western, American private organisations wherein its easy to track the journalists in case of missing.
Many indeed there too are in red zones carry life risks while covering and its also one of the difficult to work there in media