Maharram Durrani
Year: 2018
Nationality: Afghanistan
Killed by: Political Group
Location: Kabul, Afghanistan
Press organization: Radio Azadi,Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
What's Maharram Durrani's story?
Journalist Maharram Durrani was killed in a double suicide bomb attack on April 30, 2018, in Kabul, Afghanistan, that left over 25 dead, among them at least nine journalists including Durrani, RFE/RL reported. Durrani was on her way to training for her new job with the U.S.-funded RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi, when she was killed in the second blast that occurred when the attacker, disguised as a media worker, detonated his explosives in a scrum of reporters, according to media reports and Najib Sharifi, director of the Afghan Journalist Safety Committee.
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