The head of the local news channel was kidnapped and the head of a private radio station was also murdered.
Since taking over Afghanistan, the Taliban have been targeting people who have raised their voices against them. In such a situation, now the target of Talibanis are media persons, journalists and activists. An international newspaper was quoted as saying that the relative of a German journalist living in Afghanistan has been killed by Taliban fighters.
The journalist was an employee of Deutsche Welle, a German news channel. According to the information received, Taliban fighters are searching for journalists from door to door in Afghanistan. In which a relative of the journalist was shot, as well as another injured. All other members of the journalist family managed to escape from Kabul only last month. The channel’s director general, Peter Limberg, said the brutality of the Taliban only showed how panic the Afghan workers and other families would be.
It has become clear that the Taliban is targeting journalists in Kabul and other cities by searching for them. Condemning this incident, Peter has appealed to the German government to take action in this incident. According to a report, the Taliban have started an investigation into the homes of three Deutsche Welle journalists. The head of a local channel has also been kidnapped, while the head of a private radio station has also been shot.