Gunmen kill prominent journalist in western Afghanistan An Afghan official says unidentified gunmen have shot and killed a journalist and human rights activist in western AfghanistanKABUL, Afghanistan -- An Afghan journalist and human rights activist was shot and killed on Friday by unidentified gunmen in western Afghanistan, the fifth journalist to be killed in the war-ravaged country in the past two months, a provincial spokesman said. Aimaq worked as the head of the local Radio Sada-e-Ghor station and was also a human rights activist in the province. The Islamic State group, blamed for a series of attacks on a range of targets in Afghanistan in recent months, claimed it had killed another Afghan journalist earlier in December. The Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned the relentless attacks on journalists in Afghanistan. Earlier this week, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission said the targeted killings of Afghan journalists have negatively impacted reporting in the country and led to self-censorship in the media community.

Source: ABC News January 01, 2021 15:45 UTC