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Bus Carrying Afghan Journalists Attacked in Kabul

Hasib Danish Alikozai

   VOA's Ibrahim Rahimi contributed to this report from Paktia,
   Afghanistan.
   A mini-bus carrying the employees of a private television station in
   Afghanistan has been struck by a magnetic bomb pasted to the vehicle,
   killing two people and injuring three others, all civilians, Afghan
   officials said Sunday.

   Nasrat Rahimi, a spokesperson for the Afghan Ministry of Interior
   Affairs said Sunday that a bomb was placed inside the vehicle carrying
   the employees of Khorshid TV, a privately-owned TV station that is
   headquartered in the capital, Kabul.

   According to officials, two people have been killed in the attack
   including the driver of the vehicle and a civilian passing by. Three
   others were wounded, two are employees of Khorshid TV and the third
   person is a civilian who was near the vehicle.

   No group has immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but
   this is not the first time that journalists have been targeted in the
   country by militant groups.

   Incident follows reporter's killing

   Last month, unknown armed assailants killed a reporter for a local
   radio station in Afghanistan's eastern Paktia province.

   Nader Shah Sahibzada, a reporter for Voice of Gardiz local radio, went
   missing in July and authorities found his body a day later near his
   home in the capital city, Gardiz.

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