Afghan Female Journalist Shot Dead in Jalalabad

A female television journalist Malala Maiwand and her driver were shot dead in the eastern province of Nangarhar in Afghanistan, an incident that highlights an increasing trend of violence against journalists in Afghanistan.

Malala Maiwand, a reporter at the Enikas Radio and TV and a women rights journalist, was killed along with her driver in an attack on their vehicle in Jalalabad, taking the total number of journalists and media workers killed this year in Afghanistan to 10.

Attaullah Khogyani, The spokesperson for the provincial governor said that “She was on the way to office when the incident happened,”