• THURSDAY
  • NOVEMBER 07, 2024

Journalists in the line of fire

Afghan men transport the body of one of three female media workers who were shot and killed by unknown gunmen, at a hospital in Jalalabad, Afghanistan March 2, 2021. Three female media workers were shot dead amid a wave of killings that is spreading fear among professional workers in urban centers. Zalmai Latifi, head of local broadcaster Enikas TV, said the three women were recent high school graduates aged between 18 and 20 who worked in the station's dubbing department. A wave of shootings and small bombs attached to vehicles in have targeted journalists, civil society workers and mid-level government employees in recent months.   PHOTO:   REUTERS

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