Posted on 11/07/2020 5:03:29 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Kabul (AFP) - A former Afghan television presenter and two other civilians were killed in a Kabul bombing on Saturday, in an attack officials blamed on a group linked to the Taliban.
Yama Siawash was killed when a bomb attached to his vehicle exploded near his home in the Afghan capital, police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz told journalists.
Abdullah Abdullah, who heads the country's overall peace and reconciliation process, also said Siawash's murder targeted freedom of expression in Afghanistan.
"This is an unforgivable and unforgettable crime," he said in a statement.
"I am shocked at the killing of former Tolo News anchor Yama Siawash," Ross Wilson, US charge d'affaires in Kabul, said on Twitter.
"This attack is an assault on freedom of the press, one of Afghanistan's core democratic principles."
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No comment.
No comment ditto.
Good thing this type of violence only happens in that part of the world.
They don’t just whine about media bias over there.
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