KABUL (Pajhwok): The journalist bodies say Irfanullah Hamdard, a former reporter with Radio Zhwandoon, has died on his way to Turkey.
Afghanistan’s Independent Journalists Association said in a statement the family of Hamdard had confirmed his death.
Hamdard lost his job after last year’s political change in the country and died near the Iran border while traveling to Turkey.
The statement said: “Although the cause of Hamdard’s death is yet to be known, poverty and unemployment has forced several journalists to leave the country.”
Bilal, brother of Hamdard, told the Afghan Journalists Centre: “He went to Iran . . .
