Bomb explosion kills Afghan reporter

The Helmand governor spokesman, Davood Ahmadi told Press TV that the Afghan reporter, Abdul Hadi Hamdard was killed last night by a roadside bomb explosion in Girishk town, in Helmand Province’s Nahri Saraj District.

Hamdard was a journalist reporting for the state-owned Radio Television of Afghanistan (RTA) in Helmand.

Ahmadi added that the Taliban had planted the bomb and that another Afghan was also killed and two others were injured during the incident.

Taliban has not claimed responsibility for the attack so far.

The recent bomb attack comes as insecurity continues to rise across Afghanistan despite the presence of some 130,000 US-led forces in the war-torn country.

The United Nations announced on February 4 that 2011 was the deadliest on record for Afghan civilians. The death toll rose eight percent compared to the year before and was roughly double the figure for 2007.

Overall, 3,021 civilians died in violence related to the war and 4,507 were wounded in 2011.

VG/JR

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