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Mohmand was heading home from work at Enikass TV in Jalalabad with her colleague Sadia Sadat, 20, on Tuesday when they were both killed by gunmen in a rickshaw following theirs. At around the same time, their co-worker Mursal Wahidi, 20, was also walking home from the station when a gunman shot her point blank in the head and chest. She died instantly. Wahidi's father told The Associated Press he begged her to quit after one of her colleagues was killed last year, but she refused.  "Journalism was her life's dream," Wahidullah Khogyani said. "She studied and was living her dream." All thre...

New killings deepen Afghan journalists’ fear of assassination Three young women employed by a TV station were gunned down this week in Jalalabad. By TAMEEM AKHGARAssociated Press Share In Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, relatives carry the casket of one of three women working for a local radio and TV station who were killed Tuesday in attacks claimed by the Islamic State group. Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan — It was Mursal Wahidi’s dream job, landed right after finishing her studies in journalism – working at a local TV station in her home city in eastern Afghanistan. ...

KABUL: The militant Islamic State (IS) group has claimed responsibility for the killing of three women working for a...

Coordinated killings of three women in Jalalabad is the latest in a bloody campaign against journalists in Afghanistan.

ISIS gunman shoots dead three female Afghan TV and radio workers in targeted attacks The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for killing three women in two separate attacks in Jalalabad on Tuesday The women were aged between 18 and 20 and were shot while leaving their jobs at a local TV and radio station Afghan police have blamed the Taliban for the attacks, arresting a man they say is a member of the group. The Taliban have denied involvement The murders come amid a spike in targeted killings that has escalated since peace talks between the Taliban and Afghan government began last year