Though she noted that she was unaware of the station receiving any threats specific to the murdered women or female employees generally, “Being a journalist in Afghanistan is a risk. It has been particularly bad for them, and for other civil society figures, during an increase in targeted killings documented by The New York Times since peace negotiations started in September 2020. “I feel like we’re living in a horror movie these days,” said Rada Akbar, a Kabul-based photojournalist and artist. And then came the killings on Tuesday, which felt like a message she couldn’t ignore. The New York Times documented the deaths of at least 136 civilians and 168 security force members in such targeted killings and assassinations in 2020, more than nearly any other year of the war.

Source: International New York Times March 05, 2021 15:26 UTC