Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was killed on July 16, 2021
DW: Relative of DW journalist killed by the Taliban
Journalists and their families are in grave danger in Afghanistan. The Taliban have no compunction about carrying out targeted killings as the case of a DW journalist shows.
Taliban fighters hunting a DW journalist have shot dead one member of his family and seriously injured another. The Taliban were conducting a house-to-house search to try and find the journalist, who now works in Germany.
Other relatives were able to escape at the last moment and are now on the run. DW's director general, Peter Limbourg, has issued a strong condemnation and called on the German government to take action.
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Update: Relative of journalist working for German broadcaster killed by Taliban (The Hill)
WNU Editor:If they do not get out of Afghanistan these journalists and their families are doomed.
