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Journalist Brutally Murdered, 6th In 2 Months

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Journalist Brutally Murdered in Afghanistan

A journalist in Afghanistan, Bismillah Adil Aimaq, has been assassinated.

Adil was murdered on Friday by armed men in Dara-e-Taimoor village, outskirts of Feroz Koh in Ghor.

The civil society activist was the sixth journalist to be killed in two months.

He was the head of a local station, Radio Sada-e-Ghor.

On December 21, 2020, another Afghanistan journalist Rahmatullah Nikzad, was murdered.

Nikzad was the leader of journalists’ union in Ghazni Province.

Also, ex-TOLO News presenter Yama Siawash; Radio Azadi reporter Elyas Daee; Enekas TV’s presenter Malala Maiwand; and Ariana News presenter Fardin Amini have been killed.

Before their elimination, they urged the Afghan government to probe incessant attacks that resulted in the deaths of several journalists.