Islamic State Claims Assassination of an Afghan Female Journalist

A journalist, Malalai Maiwand, was killed on Thursday in the Afghan city of Jalalabad when two gunmen opened fire on her car as she made her morning commute. A reporter with privately-owned Enikas Radio and TV channel, who was also a women’s rights activist, and had often spoken about the risks attached to being a female journalist in Afghanistan — died at the scene following an “armed and targeted attack”, according to a spokesman for local authorities. Her mother, also a women’s rights activist, was killed in another shooting five years ago. Authorities added that Maiwand’s driver, Tahir Khan, who…