Taliban Kill Deutsche Welle Reporter’s Relative

Taliban Kill Deutsche Welle Reporter’s Relative
The head office of German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) in Bonn, western Germany, on Sept. 26, 2016. Marius Becker/DPA/AFP via Getty Images
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BERLIN—German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle says the Taliban shot and killed a family member of one of their reporters in Afghanistan and severely injured a second family member.

The broadcaster said in a statement on Thursday that Taliban fighters were looking for the Deutsche Welle reporter and searching homes in western Afghanistan. It said other family members managed to escape.