Abdul Samad Rohani
Year: 2008
Nationality: Afghanistan
Killed by: Criminal Group
Location: Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan
Press organization: BBC and Pajhwok Afghan News
What's Abdul Samad Rohani's story?
Rohani disappeared on the evening of June 7. His body was found with multiplebullet wounds the next day in a cemetery near Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmandprovince, according to local and international news reports. Rohani was theHelmand reporter for BBC’s Pashto service and contributed to the Pajhwok AfghanNews agency, the country’s largest independent news service. A native of Helmand, Rohani had distinguished himself as awell-connected and eloquent reporter, according to colleagues. Rohani, 25, theoldest son in a family of seven children, was married with two children.
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