New killings deepen Afghan journalists’ fear of assassination
Three young women employed by a TV station were gunned down this week in Jalalabad.
By TAMEEM AKHGARAssociated Press
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In Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, relatives carry the casket of one of three women working for a local radio and TV station who were killed Tuesday in attacks claimed by the Islamic State group.
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KABUL, Afghanistan It was Mursal Wahidi’s dream job, landed right after finishing her studies in journalism – working at a local TV station in her home city in eastern Afghanistan.
This week, the 21-year-old left the office for the day and walked home. She only made it a few steps. A gunman shot her point blank in the head and chest. She died instantly.
Gunmen kill seven workers, bomb kills doctor: Afghan official
At least seven Afghan civilians were shot and killed by a group of gunmen overnight in the country s east.
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KABUL: At least seven Afghan civilians were shot and killed by a group of gunmen overnight in the country s east and a physician died when a bomb attached to her rickshaw exploded on Thursday, provincial officials said.
The Islamic State group in a statement claimed responsibility for the bombing, saying its fighters had detonated a so-called sticky bomb placed on the vehicle of a woman. The statement claimed she worked for the Afghan intelligence service in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province.
AFGHANISTAN: Attacks on civil society and human rights defenders intensify
04/03/2021
Paris-Geneva, March 4, 2021 – Over the past five months, the situation of human rights defenders and journalists has deteriorated significantly in Afghanistan, with at least fourteen targeted killings and constant harassment reported. The Observatory (FIDH-OMCT) expresses its utmost concern over this worrying trend and calls on the Afghan authorities to ensure that an end be put to the killings, attacks, and acts of harassment against civil society in the country.
While negotiations have been taking place between the Afghan government and the Taliban since September 12, 2020 in Doha (Qatar) to try to reach a peace agreement, the situation for civil society in the country has been rapidly deteriorating. In a report by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) published on February 15, 2021, the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, M