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Afghanistan Crisis: Journalist dies during Kabul blast

Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 14 Nov 2021

Afghanistan Crisis: Journalist dies during Kabul blast

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A bomb explosion in Kabul city in Afghanistan on Saturday left a media worker dead, media reports said on Sunday.

The deceased was identified as Hameed Saighani.

He was a former employee of Ariana News.

Hujatullah Mujadadi, a member of the Afghanistan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA), told Tolo News, "Saighani was killed in today’s explosion in the Mahtab Qala area in Dasht-e-Barchi."