Kabul. In eastern Afghanistan, a female TV anchor was shot and killed on Thursday. The terrorist organization Islamic State has claimed responsibility for this murder. On Wednesday, as soon as a TV journalist named Malala Maiwand came out of his house in Nangarhar province, he started firing on them from outside attackers. He died on the spot in this attack. According to Janakari, Maiwand used to publicly protest against the atrocities of the Islamic State.
A spokesperson for the governor, Ataullah Khogyani, said that female journalist Malalai Miwand, who works in a private radio TV station, was gunned down by unidentified armed men in Jalalabad during the morning hours. He said that efforts are being made to bring criminals under the purview of justice. Sources in the hospital said that the driver of Miwand has also been killed in the attack. Both the Islamic State and the Taliban have a presence in this area. Along with acting as a TV and radio announcer, Mavand was a social activist and advocated for the rights of women and children in Afghanistan. 2 journalists have been murdered in Afghanistan since mid-November. Before Miwand, another journalist Alice Dei was killed in a bomb blast in Helmand province on 12 November.
Afghan peace talks continue
Peace negotiators also met on the second day between the Afghan government and the Taliban on the Doha talks agenda. However, nothing has been publicly stated about the conversation that took place during these meetings. Ghulam Farooq Majroh, a member of the team of negotiators from the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, said, “So far no details have been revealed about this meeting but both sides have expressed their hope for talks.” It is expected that the demand list has been prepared from both the sides and talks will be conducted on the agenda. Meanwhile, US special envoy Jalal Khalilzad met Taliban deputy leader Abdul Ghani Baradar in Qatar and discussed the release of the remaining prisoners and removed the names from the backlist.
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The first meeting of the country’s High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) was inaugurated a day earlier by Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani. During this, he called upon the Taliban to follow a nationwide ceasefire, which the militant group refused to accept. Addressing the meeting, the chairman of HCNR, Abdullah Abdullah, said that the Afghan people are in dire need of political unity and a necessary inclusive truce more than ever before. According to UN Mission data, more than 35,000 Afghan civilians have been killed and about 65,000 injured in an armed conflict in Afghanistan since January 2009.
