Horror! Female TV Journalist Gets Shot Dead By Gunmen

Malalai Maiwand

A female Afghan news anchor and her driver have been shot dead by gunmen, areport by the Agence France Presse, AFP, has shown.

They were killed on Thursday, her employer revealed. This is  the second murder of a journalist in Afghanistan in a month.

Malalai Maiwand was killed in the eastern city of Jalalabad, said Enekaas TV, the private television channel she worked for.

Targeted killings of prominent figures, including journalists, clerics, politicians and rights activists, have become more common in recent months as violence surges in Afghanistan, despite peace talks between the government and the Taliban.

Attaullah Khogyani, spokesman for the Nangarhar provincial governor, and the local hospital confirmed the killings.

Nangarhar province and its capital Jalalabad have seen regular clashes between government forces and the Taliban. The extremist Islamic State group has also claimed several deadly attacks in the province.