Afghan journalist Rahmatullah Nekzad killed near his home

Afghan journalist Rahmatullah Nekzad killed near his home
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12/21/2020
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Rahmatullah Nekzad was shot dead by unknown assailants using a silenced pistol while walking to a nearby mosque. Nekzad had been head of the local Journalist's Union.
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Nekzad was a prominent journalist in Afghanistan's volatile Ghazni province
The killing of prominent Afghan journalist Rahmatullah Nekzad draw strong condemnation in Afghanistan, with the country's president Ashraf Ghani calling it a "terrorist attack."
The reporter was killed while walking from his home to a nearby mosque on Monday. The shooters used a pistol equipped with a silencer to gun down Nekzad, a police spokesman told the AFP news agency.

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