Slain Journalist Nemat Rawan Laid to Rest in Zabul
Nemat Rawan, former TOLOnews anchor and a media official at the Ministry of Finance, who was killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen in Kandahar on Thursday, was laid to rest in his home town in Qalat city, the center of Zabul province.
Rawan’s family asked the Afghan government, particularly security agencies, to find the perpetrators behind his murder and bring them to justice.
“The Afghan government has failed to prevent targeted killings of journalists,” said Zaman Sultani, a researcher at Amnesty International in Afghanistan.
“No one accepted responsibility of assassinations of journalists. This can be very dangerous. It paves the way for those who are against freedom of speech,” said Mujib Khalwatgar, the head of NAI.