Taliban Kill Afghan Radio Station Manager, Kidnap Journalist: Officials

Taliban Kill Afghan Radio Station Manager, Kidnap Journalist: Officials
Smoke rises from the city of Lashkar Gah after an airstrike against the Taliban in Helmand province south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 6, 2021. Abdul Khaliq/AP Photo
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KABUL—Suspected Taliban terrorists killed an Afghan radio station manager in Kabul and kidnapped a journalist in southern Helmand province, local government officials said on Monday, reporting the latest in a long line of attacks targeting media workers.

Gunmen shot Toofan Omar, the station manager of Paktia Ghag radio and an officer for NAI, a rights group supporting independent media in Afghanistan, in a targeted killing in the capital on Sunday