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Women rights’ activist killed in Afghanistan

Women rights activist and female television journalist Malalai Maiwand was shot and killed by gunmen in Afghanistan, an incident that underscores an increasing trend of violence against journalists in the country, Reuters reported.

Malalai Maiwand, a reporter at Enikas Radio and TV in Nangarhar, was killed along with her driver in an attack on their vehicle in Jalalabad, capital of the eastern province of Nangarhar, taking the total number of journalists and media workers killed this year in Afghanistan to 10.

Five years ago, Ms Maiwand´s mother, also an activist, was killed by unknown gunmen.

Enikas has been targeted before, with its owner, Engineer Zalmay, kidnapped for ransom in 2018.

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