Swedish Journalist Shot Dead in Afghan Capital

A Swedish journalist was shot dead Tuesday in a brazen daytime attack on a street in the Afghan capital. It was the second deadly attack on foreigners in two months in an affluent and well-guarded area of Kabul. Fifty-one-year-old Nils Horner, who also had British citizenship, had worked for Swedish Radio since 2001 as a foreign correspondent mostly in Asia and the Middle East. Police said they were investigating whether it was an insurgent attack targeting a foreigner or whether the...

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