Afghan Journalist Killed in Ghor, 6th in Two Months
Bismillah Adil Aimaq, a journalist and civil society activist in Ghor, was killed in an attack by unknown armed men in the city of Feroz Koh, the center of the province, local officials said.
Ghor governor s spokesman Mohammad Aref Abir said that Adil was head of a local radio station, Radio Sada-e-Ghor, and was killed in an attack by unknown armed men in Dara-e-Taimoor village on the outskirts of Feroz Koh.
This comes a week after a journalist in Ghazni, Rahmatullah Nikzad, who was head of the journalists union in the province, was killed in an attack by armed men outside his home in Ghazni city.
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6 Suspects Held Over Journalists’ Killing: Andarabi December 29,2020
KABUL - Interior Minister Masoud Andarabi on Monday said six suspects belonging to Taliban and Daesh groups had been arrested in Kabul and provinces in connection with killing of journalists. He told this in a joint meeting of government and media representatives chaired by Second Vice President Sarwar Danish and attended by Attorney General Office, deputy interior minister and deputy spymaster, members of journalist unions. A statement from the second Vice President Office said the meeting discussed recent terrorist attacks that left a number of journalists, civil society and rights activists dead. Vice President Danish said recent attacks and incidents were shocking for the entire nation in which renowned personalities from media, civil society and rights bodies lost their lives.
Truth a casualty in deadliest year for Afghanistan s journalists
By Sharif Hassan
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Kabul: Malala Maiwand sat on a television studio couch, pen and notebook in hand, a dark red headscarf framing her face. She was hosting a morning talk show in the city of Jalalabad, in eastern Afghanistan. The topic was rising insecurity in the region, and her guest was a police spokesman.
Maiwand got straight to the point. A recent killing had taken place in broad daylight and in plain sight of police, but the suspect had escaped. What is your answer to this? she asked the man.
Targeted Killings are Attack on New Generation: Ghani
President Ashraf Ghani in a cabinet meeting on Monday said that the attacks on journalists and civil society activists are an attack on a generation and an attempt to destabilize the country and demoralize the new generation.
Five journalists and two civil society activists have been killed in various incidents since November 7.
“Recent terrorist attacks on media, civil society and political activists and other members of our citizenry are attacks on a generation and on all the values of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan,” Ghani said. “The motive (behind the attacks) is to remove stability, trust and to create help helplessness among the new generation, particularly women in Afghanistan.”
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