Rahmatullah Nekzad was gunned down as he left his home in Ghazni city and was headed towards a mosque, said local police officials and an interior ministry official. Large parts of Ghazni province are under Taliban control. “We consider this killing a loss for the country,” said Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid. Islamic State militants, blamed for a series of attacks on a range of targets in Afghanistan in recent months, claimed responsibility for attack on a local journalist earlier this month. The international press freedom group, Reporters Without Borders, has called Afghanistan one of the world’s deadliest countries for journalists.

Source: bd News24 December 21, 2020 17:37 UTC