Afghan police: Roadside bombing in Helmand kills reporter
KABUL — A roadside bombing in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province on Friday killed an Afghan journalist and wounded another, the police said.
The explosion took place in the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah around 10 a.m., according to police inspector Haji Garan. The blast killed Naimatullah Zaheer, a reporter with the Aryana news television. The inspector did not identify Zaheer’s wounded colleague or the colleague’s media outlet.
The reporters were among a group of local journalists driving to an area where there was intense fighting with the Taliban the previous night. Zaheer was parking the car when the blast went off, Garan said.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.