Afghanistan, Nangarhar
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21
Jan
2018
Baz Shinwary and Mohamad Rafiq
On January 21, a vehicle carrying a team from Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA) was attacked in Batikot district of Nangrahar province in eastern Afghanistan. The driver was killed while journalist Baz Shinwary and cameraperson Mohamad Rafiq were seriously injured when an armed group opened fire on their car. The RTA team was returning to provincial capital Jalalabad from Ghani Khalil district after covering a program attended by the district governor. The driver received several bullets and died on the spot. The two journalists also received a few bullets on the upper part of their bodies causing serious injuries.
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13
Jun
2017
Ziar Khan Yaad and Sabawoon Sahil
Security personnel of a private construction company assaulted Ziar Khan Yaad of TOLO News and Sabawoon Sahil of Maiwand TV for their critical reporting about the ongoing road construction in Surkhrud district of Nangrahar province in eastern Afghanistan on June 13. They were also confined in a room for a few hours and harassed. They were released after mediation by AIJA and other media activists. The journalists were reporting on the delay in construction of the Nangrahar-Kabul road and late payments to the labourers.
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17
May
2017
Afghanistan Public Radio and Television
A deadly suicide attack targeting the Afghanistan Public Radio and Television (RTA) station at Jalalabad city in Nangrahar province on May 17 killed four media workers including a technician and a producer and 17 others injured when four attackers, including two suicide bombers, forced their way into the RTA station at around 9:30 am. The two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the front gate and outside the main building while other attackers entered the main building. It took the security forces more than three hours to end the assault.