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| Journalist in coma after being shot in head by gunman in Baghlan |
| 2016-02-07 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] A local journalist has been in coma after a gunman shot him in the head in Pul-e-Khumri, the quiet provincial capital of northern Baghlan province. Mohammad Ibrahim Hashemi and Mohammad Musa Hashemi, both brothers and employees of Adib Radio, were attack on their way home in first police district of the city on Thursday night. Mohammad Ibrahim sustained serious injuries and went to coma. His brother Mohammad Musa who survived the gun shots was maimed after severely beaten up. Habib-ur-Rahman regional manager of Adib Radio said that the man who fired the gun has been detained by police. NAI, an organization that supports open media in Afghanistan urges government to bring the culprit to a public trial. Abdul Mujib Khilwatgar, Executive Director of NAI said that the attacker has been detained and government needs to bring him into justice. This was at least the fourth attack on journalists in Afghanistan since the last month. Eight journalists have lost lives and more than 20 others sustained injuries in these attacks. This comes as President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. .. has ordered all security institutions to take necessary measures for protecting journalists. |
| Posted by:Fred |