Blast Kills Afghan Journalist Working for US Media Outlet
Source: VOA News
South & Central Asia
Blast Kills Afghan Journalist Working for US Media Outlet
By Ayaz Gul
November 12, 2020 05:33 AM
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - A bomb explosion in Afghanistan’s volatile southern Helmand province Thursday killed a reporter working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Afghan Service, Radio Azadi.
Afghan officials said the slain journalist, Elyas Dayee, and his brother were traveling to the press club in Lashkargah, the provincial capital, when a “magnetic" explosive device ripped through their car. The blast injured his brother, also a journalist, and two others. ... Dayee had been reporting from Helmand for more than a decade for the Afghan branch of the U.S. government’s Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s external broadcast services.
No one immediately took responsibility for the early morning bombing in Lashkargah, which has been under attack from Taliban insurgents for almost a month.
“My colleague and dear friend, Elyas Dayee, lost his life in a terrorist attack this morning in Lashkargah. He was gentleman. Always had signature smile. This is a terrible news. Elyas, you will be remembered dearly,” Sami Mahdi, the Radio Azadi bureau chief in Kabul, tweeted.
Radio Azadi is said to reach more than 60% of Afghanistan’s population with its radio and internet programs.
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