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Gunmen bravely shoot, kill female TV anchor Malala Maiwand in eastern Afghanistan
[ENGLISHBETA.ALARABIYA.NET] Gunmen shot and killed a female TV anchor in eastern Afghanistan early Thursday, officials said.The attackers opened fire on Malala Maiwand's car soon after she left her house in the eastern Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province, said Attaullah Khogyani, a front man for the governor. No one has grabbed credit, but an ISIS- affiliate is headquartered in eastern Afghanistan and has claimed most of the recent attacks on civilians in Afghanistan. The Taliban  ...Arabic for students... also operates in the area. In addition to working as a TV and radio presenter, Maiwand was also an activist who advocated for the rights of Afghan women and kiddies. Two Afghan journalists were killed in separate bombings in Afghanistan last month. The international press freedom group Reporters Without Borders has called Afghanistan one of the world’s deadliest countries for journalists. Posted by: Fred 2020-12-11 |
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