Ariana News and Ariana television female anchor Mina Khairi and her mother have been killed in Thursday evening's blast in the west of Kabul. The Afghan
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has formally asked the International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to investigate murders of journalists and
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has formally asked International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to investigate murders of journalists and media workers in Afghanistan since
Bismillah Adel Aimaq (Reporters Without Borders)
KABUL: An Afghan journalist has been shot dead in an attack by gunmen in the central province of Ghor.
Bismillah Adil Aimaq, the editor-in-chief of a local radio station, is the fifth journalist to be killed in the war-ravaged country in the past two months, a provincial spokesman said.
According to reports, Bismillah was on the road near Feroz Koh, the provincial capital of Ghor, returning home to the city after visiting his family in a village nearby, when gunmen opened fire at the vehicle.
Others in the car, including Aimaq’s brother, were unharmed, the provincial governor’s spokesman, Arif Abir, said.
50 Journalists Killed in 2020: RSF
50 journalists were killed worldwide in 2020, according to a report of abusive treatment and violence against journalists, published Monday by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
While the number of journalists killed in countries at war continues to fall, more are being murdered in countries not at war.
It highlighted murders in Mexico, India and Pakistan.
“RSF tallied 50 cases of journalists killed in connection with their work from January 1 to December 15, 2020, a number similar to 2019 (when 53 journalists were killed), although fewer journalists have been in the field this year because of the Covid-19 pandemic,” the report said.
More journalists are being killed in countries considered to be “at peace.”