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Afghanistan violence: Former TV presenter Yama Siawash killed
A well-known former television presenter has been killed in a blast in Afghanistan that officials have blamed on militants linked to the Taliban.
Yama Siawash was an anchor on the private TV channel Tolo News and had recently started work at the country's central bank.
He and two others were killed when a bomb attached to his car exploded near his home in the capital Kabul.
No group has officially claimed the attack.
But the interior ministry has reportedly blamed the Haqqani militant group, which is linked to the Taliban and is classed as a terrorist organisation by the US.
President Ashraf Ghani has reportedly ordered an investigation into the killings.
Siawash had a bachelor's degree in law and political science. He spent almost a decade working as a journalist in Afghanistan and was one of Tolo TV's most prominent presenters before starting work as a public relations adviser for the Central Bank of Afghanistan.
Another bank employee, Ahmadullah Anas, died in the attack along with their driver Mohammad Amin. Pictures on social media show the car engulfed in flames after the attack.
Violence in Afghanistan has worsened in recent months includin
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TV anchor, driver shot dead in eastern Afghanistan
A female TV anchor and her driver were shot dead by unknown men in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar.
The attack took place at am [ GMT] on Thursday when journalist Malalai Maiwand and her driver were on their way to work in Jalalabad city, the provincial governor’s spokesman Attaullah Khogyani said.
Maiwand worked as an anchor for the Enikass Radio and TV channel in the volatile province, channel head Zalmai Latifi told dpa news agency.
She was also an activist who advocated for the rights of Afghan women and children.
Latifi blamed “enemies of the country” and said the channel had been receiving death threats.
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In , several people, including a driver of the TV station, were killed in an explosion close to its building.
The following year, the director of the station was abducted before being freed later.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Thursday’s killing.
On Monday, the European Union’s mission in the country, together with the NATO delegation in the Afghan capital, Kabul, condemned the recent wave of attacks on representatives of the media, religious leaders and civil society.
A joint statement said “the Taliban and various terrorist organizations are responsible fo
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