RTA reporter gunned down in Zabul

QALAT (Pajhwok): Unknown gunmen shot dead a reporter for the state-run Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA) in southern Zabul province on Sunday evening, police said.

Zabul police chief Gen. Mirwais Noorzai told Pajhwok Afghan News the RTA reporter for southern Kandahar province was attacked in Rasala village of Qalat city, Zabul’s capital.

The armed men opened fire at Yaqoob Sharafat and killed him on the spot. Police had launched a probe into the murder.

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