Foreign female journalist killed, other critically injured in firing in eastern Afghanistan

AfghanistanForeign female journalist killed, other critically injured in firing in eastern Afghanistan

Female foreign journalist killed, other critically injured in firing in eastern Afghanistan

KABUL: A foreign female journalist was killed while the other sustained critical injuries when a gunman dressed as a police officer opened fire on them in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, police said.

Police said that the incident took place inside a police district headquarters in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Khost.

In a statement a spokesman for the governor of Khost province, Mobariz Zadran, said that the assailant was actually a policeman.

“Naqibullah, a policeman in Tani district of Khost, opened fire on two foreign journalists. One was killed and one was wounded,” the governor spokesman told media.

The incident occurred a day before the war-torn country will hold its third presidential and provincial council elections since the fall of the Taliban.

The Afghan Taliban have vowed a campaign of violence to disrupt the polls scheduled for April 5, urging their fighters to attack polling staff, voters and security forces in the run-up to election day.

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