Relatives carry the body of a victim, one of three female media workers who were gunned down, during her funeral ceremony in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the killing of three women working for a local radio and TV station in eastern Afghanistan, the latest in a spike in targeted killings across the war-tor country. Dozens of people gathered Wednesday for the funerals of the three media workers.
Afghan officials said police arrested the alleged killer of the three, identifying him as Qari Baser and insisting he was a Taliban — a claim promptly denied by Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.Nangarhar police chief, Gen. Juma Gul Hemat, said Baser had used a pistol with a silencer in the attacks. He was arrested shortly after the attacks by police in Jalalabad, the provincial capital.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani condemned Tuesday’s attack, saying that assaults on “innocent compatriots, especially women, are contrary to the teachings of Islam, Afghan culture and the spirit of peace.” Afghanistan is considered one of the most dangerous countries in the world for media workers. Tuesday’s killings brought to 15 the number of media workers killed in Afghanistan in the last six months.
Shokrullah Pasoon of Enikass Radio and TV in Jalalabad — the station the women worked for — said Mursal Wahidi was walking home when armed men gunned her down, according to eyewitnesses. The other two, whom he identified only as Shahnaz and Sadia, were shot and killed in a separate incident, also walking home from work. Two other people, apparently passersby, were wounded in the shooting attack.
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Islamic State, Antifa, and Al Qaeda - different claimed motivations, but their members are identical. All terrorism is evil. No exceptions. All civilized individuals should oppose all terrorism. No exceptions.
Such fragile egos.
waronwomen continues...
Awful!
This can't be. Trump said ISIS was defeated........ Rip to these women.
Masculinity is a cancer
Another bunch of Barbarians doing hideous acts against women, revolting, disgusting behaviour.
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