Iran Press/Asia: A preliminary probe showed a bomb attached by magnets to a bus used by Khurshid TV employees was blown up during the evening rush hour. No militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
“We can confirm that a journalist and a driver were killed on the spot,” said Khurshid TV’s director Jawid Farhad, but gave no further details, Reuters reported.
Last year two employees of Khurshid TV were killed and two were injured in a similar attack.
The Taliban and other militant groups have repeatedly targeted Afghan journalists, killing 15 in 2018, the deadliest year for Afghan journalists and media, according to the media freedom group Reporters Without Borders.
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