Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT

Afghanistan: Bomb kills 3 journalists


(MENAFN)The interior ministry declared that on Sunday, an Afghan journalist-turned official for the country’s public protection force was assassinated beside two colleagues by a bomb targeting their vehicle.

The murder of Zia Wadan, who before worked for a number of media networks in Afghanistan, seemed to be the recent in a series of planned killings that have rocked Afghanistan, especially Kabul.

Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian reported that, Wadan and his colleagues were assassinated in morning rush-hour traffic in an eastern part of the capital.

He further said that “A vehicle carrying Zia Wadan was targeted with an IED... as a result Wadan and two of his colleagues were killed,” adding that another person was injured.

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