Taliban assassinates govt high media officer in Kabul

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN-AUGUST 07: Afghan officials and relatives perform prayers during the funeral ceremony of Dawa Khan Menapal, Government Information Media Center’s director in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 07, 2021. The Taliban killed director of government media center who claimed the responsibility for the assassination on Friday. Parwiz Sabawoon/Afghan Multimedia Agency

President of Afghan Journalist Safety Committee (AJSC), Najib Sharifi, added, “Yesterday the Taliban assassinated another voice of right chicness, another voice of freedom and another voice of progress, this is not the first incident and it will not be the last incident but what is very important to understand is that these voices will not be silenced by the corrosion, by violence and by murder, the Taliban have killed dozens of journalists in the past and they will continue to kill but they will not be able to silence the voices of people and the voices of freedom and the voice of progress”.

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN-AUGUST 07: Afghan officials and relatives bury Dawa Khan Menapal, Government Information Media Center’s director who was killed in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 07, 2021. The Taliban killed director of government media center who claimed the responsibility for the assassination on Friday. Afghan Multimedia Agency