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2021-01-01 09:05:37 GMT2021-01-01 17:05:37(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
KABUL, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) At least 60 people were killed and many others wounded in targeted attacks across Afghanistan in December, according to official figures kept by Xinhua.
On Thursday, Hajji Bahramudin, a driver of Administrative Office of country s Presidential Palace, was killed and his boss Mohammad Jawid Wali was critically wounded after their vehicle was struck by an improvised bomb in Police District (PD) 7 of national capital Kabul.
On Wednesday, a pilot of Afghan Air Force, Ahmad Massoud Attal, was shot and killed by gunmen in southern Kandahar province. The gunmen escaped after the shooting.
Targeted Killings to Be Discussed in Talks: Stanekzai
Chief negotiator Masoom Stanekzai on Friday said the issue of targeted attacks on journalists is a serious matter and will be raised in the talks with the Taliban when they resume on January 5.
“This is one of the serious issues that we need to raise and follow,” Stanekzai said.
Six journalists have been killed in various incidents in the country over the last two months.
On Friday, Bismillah Adil Aimaq, a journalist and civil society activist in Ghor, was killed in an attack by unknown armed men in the city of Feroz Koh, the center of the province, local officials said.
Gunmen kill Afghan radio journalist in car ambush
Besmullah Adel Aimaq, editor-in-chief of Voice of Ghor radio, was killed en route to Firoz Koh city
AFP
January 01, 2021
Besmullah Adel Aimaq, editor-in-chief of Voice of Ghor radio, was killed en route to Firoz Koh city, the capital of Ghor province. PHOTO: COURTESY/TOLO NEWS
KABUL:
An Afghan radio journalist was shot dead Friday in a car ambush in the central province of Ghor, officials said, the fifth media worker to be killed in two months.
Besmullah Adel Aimaq, editor-in-chief of Voice of Ghor radio, was killed en route to Firoz Koh city, the capital of Ghor province, said Aref Aber, the governor s spokesman.
Many prominent Afghans have been ambushed and killed in recent months
A radio journalist in Afghanistan was shot dead on Friday. He is the fifth media worker to be killed in two months. Officials said that Besmullah Adel Aimaq, editor-in-chief of Voice of Ghor radio, in a car ambush in Ghor province.
He was travelling to Firor Koh city, the capital of Ghor province, said Aref Aber, the governor s spokesman. No group has yet claimed responsibility for Aimaq s murder.
The Afghan Journalists Safety Committee, a group working for the security of journalists in the violence-wracked country, confirmed the incident.
Many prominent Afghans have been ambushed and killed in recent months.