"She was on the way to office when the incident happened," Attaullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor, said. Afghan interior ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said that in the last decade and a half, the vast majority of journalists killed have been victims of the Taliban. Five years ago, her mother, also an activist, was killed by unknown gunmen. Last month, Elyas Dayee, a Radio Azadi journalist, was killed in a bomb blast in the southern Helmand province, and Yama Siawash, a former TOLOnews presenter, was killed in a similar blast in Kabul. The Taliban's hardline rule was marked by oppressive laws for women up until the group was toppled following a 2001 U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan.

Source: bd News24 December 10, 2020 08:26 UTC