On Thursday 10
th December, Afghan journalist and women’s rights campaigner, Malalai Maiwand, was killed by gunmen on her way to work in Jalalabad, a city in the eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. According to Reuters, Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, through its telegram communications channel, calling Maiwand a “pro-regime” journalist. The shooting, which also killed Maiwand’s driver, comes just weeks after the journalist, Elyas Dayee, and the television presenter, Yama Siawash were killed in separate bombing incidents in November. This latest attack is endemic of growing insecurity in Afghanistan, especially for journalists, despite ongoing peace negotiations between the Afghan Government and the Taliban.