10-12-2020
By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report
KABUL/ JALALABAD/ ISLAMABAD: Another Shia journalist shot dead in Afghanistan along with her driver but neither the “West” could still recognize Shias nor wants to know who are Shias, who kills them, why they are being genocide, where they live, what is their offence, who is behind the killers and why the most peaceful, civilized, qualified, skilled, trained and learned community knows as Shia Muslims is being kidnapped, forcibly missed, tortured, murdered and what are the reasons behind the genocide of Shias, sources asked “West”?
Sources simply hint as they briefed earlier that basically the “West” especially so-called, educated, modern, civilized and developed branded as Australians, Americans and Britishers are not only involved in the genocide of Shia Muslims directly but also humiliating Shias across the world particularly in Pakistan and Afghanistan that’s why neither the “West” nor the deputed immigration authorities of said countries can accept this most severe and shameful allegation while almost 93% “Western Media” become blind, sources and victims firmed.
According to the reports, a female TV anchor and her driver were shot dead by unknown men in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar.
The attack took place at 7.10am (02:40 GMT) on Thursday when journalist Malalai Maiwand and her driver were on their way to work in Jalalabad city, the provincial governor’s spokesman Attaullah Khogyani said.
Maiwand worked as an anchor for the Enikass Radio and TV channel in the volatile province, channel head Zalmai Latifi told dpa news agency.
She was also an activist who advocated for the rights of Afghan women and children.
Latifi blamed “enemies of the country” and said the channel had been receiving death threats.
In 2017, several people, including a driver of the TV station, were killed in an explosion close to its building.
The following year, the director of the station was abducted before being freed later.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Thursday’s killing.
On Monday, the European Union’s mission in the country, together with the NATO delegation in the Afghan capital, Kabul, condemned the recent wave of attacks on representatives of the media, religious leaders and civil society.
A joint statement said “the Taliban and various terrorist organizations are responsible for the significant majority of civilian casualties in Afghanistan”.
“We consider these not only as savage attacks against Afghan blood, but as an attack on the very peace process in Afghanistan,” it added.
Afghanistan has been marred by deadly attacks on journalists. The country ranks as one of the most dangerous for reporting, according to Reporters Without Borders.
Last year, at least 10 journalists and media staff were killed in the country. The previous year marked the deadliest, with 20 reporters and media staff assassinated in various violent attacks.
Last month, Elyas Dayee and Yama Siawash, two prominent Afghan journalists, were killed in less than a week in Helmand province and Kabul.