Mohmand was heading home from work at Enikass TV in Jalalabad with her colleague Sadia Sadat, 20, on Tuesday when they were both killed by gunmen in a rickshaw following theirs.
At around the same time, their co-worker Mursal Wahidi, 20, was also walking home from the station when a gunman shot her point blank in the head and chest. She died instantly.
Wahidi s father told The Associated Press he begged her to quit after one of her colleagues was killed last year, but she refused. Journalism was her life s dream, Wahidullah Khogyani said. She studied and was living her dream.
All three women were laid to rest on Wednesday.
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.
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