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Afghan woman TV presenter shot dead
18 May 2005 18:39:25 GMT
Source: Reuters
KABUL, May 18 (Reuters) - A gunman shot and killed an Afghan woman television presenter on Wednesday, two months after she was fired from her job on a pop music programme after complaints from religious conservatives.
The woman, Shaima Rezayee, 24, was killed in her home in Kabul, police said.
"We don't know who did it or whether it was related to her work or not," said city police official Adbul Khaliq. Police were investigating.
Private television and radio stations have mushroomed in Afghanistan since the ouster of the hardline Taliban in 2001.
Rezayee worked for a new channel called Tolo TV, which has won many young urban fans with its Western programmes and trendy presenters but also drawn criticism from clerics.
She presented a music programme called Hop before she was dismissed in March.
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18 May 2005 18:39:25 GMT
Source: Reuters
KABUL, May 18 (Reuters) - A gunman shot and killed an Afghan woman television presenter on Wednesday, two months after she was fired from her job on a pop music programme after complaints from religious conservatives.
The woman, Shaima Rezayee, 24, was killed in her home in Kabul, police said.
"We don't know who did it or whether it was related to her work or not," said city police official Adbul Khaliq. Police were investigating.
Private television and radio stations have mushroomed in Afghanistan since the ouster of the hardline Taliban in 2001.
Rezayee worked for a new channel called Tolo TV, which has won many young urban fans with its Western programmes and trendy presenters but also drawn criticism from clerics.
She presented a music programme called Hop before she was dismissed in March.
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