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Afghan radio journalist shot dead by unknown gunmen in Ghor Province

Friday, 01 January 2021 3:41 PM [ Last Update: Friday, 01 January 2021 3:41 PM ]

Damaged cars are seen at the site of an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 20, 2020. (File photo by AFP)

An Afghan radio journalist has been killed in a car ambush by unknown gunmen in the central province of Ghor, the fifth media worker in the country to be killed in the past two months.

Governor’s spokesman Aref Aber said on Friday that Besmullah Adel Aimaq, editor-in-chief of Voice of Ghor radio, was shot dead when he was moving to the city of Firoz Koh, the capital of Ghor.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the journalist’s killing.

The Afghan Journalists Safety Committee, a non-governmental organization which provides support for Afghan media workers in emergency situations and distress and also safety training courses, confirmed Aimaq’s murder.

The incident comes weeks after unknown gunmen killed Rahmatullah Nekzad with a silenced pistol near his home while he was travelling to a nearby mosque in the restive eastern city of Ghazni.

A number of prominent Afghans have been ambushed by gunmen or killed in bomb attacks in recent months.

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