Senior Afghan Journalist Injured in Assault

Unknown gunmen have attacked and injured the editor-in-chief of a leading newspaper in Afghanistan, the latest such attack in a country where journalists are often subjected to violence and threats. The overnight attack on Abdul Saboor Sarir of the Kabul-based English daily Afghanistan Times took place in a highly secured part of the Afghan capital. Three armed men intercepted his vehicle in the Khwaja Bughra area of the city while he was returning home from the office and took away...

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