14/01/2019
A part-time radio journalist was traveling in western Afghanistan last week when he was kidnapped by Taliban militants and later killed. The country is repeatedly ranked as one of the deadliest for journalists.
The body of Javid Noori, an Afghan government employee who also worked as a part-time journalist in western Afghanistan’s Farah region, was turned over to his family on January 9. He was taken off a bus by Taliban militants three days earlier.
Shoaib Sabet, the Farah provincial governor, said Noori was traveling in a remote part of the province when he was abducted along with 30 other passengers.
“(He) was a government employee but was working part-time as a journalist for local radio,” Sabet said. Noori hosted two radio shows for a local station.
In a statement, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said that Noori was killed because he worked for the U.S.-backed Kabul government
