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Afghan Journalist Shot Dead In Zabul

Unknown gunmen have shot dead an Afghan journalist in western Zabul province of Afghanistan on Sunday evening.
Afghanistan Journalist Center (AFJC) said in a statement that unknown gunmen have shot dead Yaqub Sharafat, provincial reporter for the state-run Radio Television of Afghanistan (RTA) in the Qalat city, the capital of western Zabul province on Sunday evening.
According to the reports the attacker has escaped after shooting Mr. Sharafat in his head. He sustained serious gunshot injuries and died on the way to the hospital.
Sharafat, 22, started working with RTA about two years ago in Zabul province. He was married and had a baby girl.
Police says the identity of the attackers and the motivation behind the attack is still unknown, but police has begun its investigation.
No group has claimed responsibility for the killing yet.
Despite of Afghanistan’s achievements in the area of freedom of speech during the last 15 years, the country still witnesses many cases of violations against journalists and other media workers.
Records reveals that Sharafat is the eleventh journalist and media worker to be killed in Afghanistan in 2016. Seven media workers were killed in a deadly bomb attack on a staff bus of a private channel in Kabul in January; a senior journalist was shot dead in Nanagarhar province in February and two journalists for the National Public Radio – an Afghan and an American – were killed in Helmand in June.

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IEA condemns the attack on Darul Uloom Haqqania in Pakistan

The Islamic Emirate in a statement on Friday strongly condemned the attack on Darul Uloom Haqqania seminary in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which resulted in the death of Hamid-ul-Haq Haqqani, the deputy administrator of the seminary.
According to the statement issued by IEA’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, the “martyrdom” of Hamid-ul-Haq Haqqani is described as a “great loss for scholarly and religious institutions.”
The Islamic Emirate also expressed condolences to Hamid-ul-Haq Haqqani’s family, friends, and students.
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Suicide bombing at Pakistan Islamic seminary kills six

A suicide bomber killed six worshippers during Friday prayers at an Islamic seminary in northwestern Pakistan.
The head of the religious school was among those killed, said provincial government spokesman Muhammad Ali Saif.
The dead man, Maulana Hamid-ul-Haq, was the son of the late Maulana Sami-ul-Haq.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
The attacker, wearing an explosive-laden suicide vest, walked up to Haq as he was leaving a mosque on the premises of the Darul Uloom Haqqania seminary, his brother Maulana Abdul Haq said.
“Maulana Hamid-ul-Haq… died on the spot and around two dozen people were injured in the blast,” he said.
Regional police officer Najeebur Rahman said earlier that several people were wounded.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the bombing, and expressed sorrow over Haq’s death, in a statement issued by his office.
(Reuters)
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Landslide in Uruzgan claims six lives

Six people died in a landslide in Afghanistan’s southern Uruzgan province late last night, local officials said on Friday.
Bilal Uruzgani, spokesman for the Uruzgan police, told Ariana News that the incident occurred in the village of Sarmuri in the Gizab district of the province.
Women and children are also among the dead in the landslide which buried a house, he said.
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