On Saturday, Yama Siawash a former Afghan television presenter and two other civilians were killed in a bomb explosion in Kabul, police said.
Yama Siawash was killed when a bomb attached to his vehicle exploded near his residence in the Afghan capital, police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz told journalists.
Siawash, used to be a prominent political and current affairs presenter with Tolo News, the country’s biggest private TV channel.
“Targeting journalists is targeting the freedom of expression and Siawash’s death is a big loss for our country,” Abdullah Abdullah, who heads the country’s overall peace and reconciliation process said in a statement.
He said: “This is an unforgivable and unforgettable crime.”
Violence has surged across Afghanistan in recent months despite the Taliban and Afghan government engaging in peace talks to end the country’s long-running conflict.
