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Radio journalist shot dead in Nangarhar (Video)

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JALALABAD (Pajhwok): A private radio station report was shot dead by militants in the Batikot district of eastern Nangarhar province, bordering Pakistan’s tribal region of Khyber, officials said on Saturday.

Batikot district chief Haji Ghalib told Pajhwok Afghan News that Spinghar Radio Aqil Mohammad Waqar was attending a wedding party that militants stormed. He was shot to death on Friday night. Another person was wounded in the attack.