Journalists, Media workers were killed in 2017
Name: Sayed Mahdi Mosawi
Gender &Age: Male
Job: reporter, Jomhor News Agency
Local or foreign: Local
Type of death: Murdered
Suspected source of fire: Suicide attack, Daesh(IS-K)
Location: Kabul
Date: December 28, 2017
Impunity: Yes
Taken Captive: No
Tortured: No
Threatened: No
Name: Akhtar Ali(Shirhaidar) Nazari
Gender &Age: Male
Job: Security guard, Afghan Voice News Agency(AVA)
Local or foreign: Local
Type of death: Murdered
Suspected source of fire: Suicide attack, Daesh(IS-K)
Location: Kabul
Date: December 28, 2017
Impunity: Yes
Taken Captive: No
Tortured: No
Threatened: No
Name: Khalil Rezayee
Gender &Age: Male
Job: Journalism trainer, Afghan Voice News Agency(AVA)
Local or foreign: Local
Type of death: Murdered
Suspected source of fire: Suicide attack, Daesh(IS-K)
Location: Kabul
Date: December 28, 2017
Impunity: Yes
Taken Captive: No
Tortured: No
Threatened: No
Name: Mohammad Reza Bahrami
Gender &Age: Male
Job: Analyst, Afghan Voice News Agency(AVA)
Local or foreign: Local
Type of death: Murdered
Suspected source of fire: Suicide attack, Daesh(IS-K)
Location: Kabul
Date: December 28, 2017
Impunity: Yes
Taken Captive: No
Tortured: No
Threatened: No
Name: Sayed Husain Hasani
Gender &Age: Male
Job: Communications officer , Afghan Voice News Agency(AVA)
Local or foreign: Local
Type of death: Murdered
Suspected source of fire: Suicide attack, Daesh(IS-K)
Location: Kabul
Date: December 28, 2017
Impunity: Yes
Taken Captive: No
Tortured: No
Threatened: No
Name: Sayed Andlib Ziayee
Gender &Age: Male
Job: Writer, Afghan Voice News Agency(AVA)
Local or foreign: Local
Type of death: Murdered
Suspected source of fire: Suicide attack, Daesh(IS-K)
Location: Kabul
Date: December 28, 2017
Impunity: Yes
Taken Captive: No
Tortured: No
Threatened: No
Name: Sayed Khudadad Ahmadi
Gender &Age: Male
Job: Writer, Afghan Voice News Agency(AVA)
Local or foreign: Local
Type of death: Murdered
Suspected source of fire: Suicide attack, Daesh(IS-K)
Location: Kabul
Date: December 28, 2017
Impunity: Yes
Taken Captive: No
Tortured: No
Threatened: No
Name: AbduRaouf Mahdawi
Gender &Age: Male
Job: Employee, Afghan Voice News Agency(AVA)
Local or foreign: Local
Type of death: Murdered
Suspected source of fire: Suicide attack, Daesh(IS-K)
Location: Kabul
Date: December 28, 2017
Impunity: Yes
Taken Captive: No
Tortured: No
Threatened: No
Name: Sayed Khadim Husain Hashimi
Gender &Age: Male
Job: Writer, Afghan Voice News Agency(AVA)
Local or foreign: Local
Type of death: Murdered
Suspected source of fire: Suicide attack, Daesh(IS-K)
Location: Kabul
Date: December 28, 2017
Impunity: Yes
Taken Captive: No
Tortured: No
Threatened: No
Name: Ghulam Reza Baig
Gender &Age: Male
Job: Writer, Afghan Voice News Agency(AVA)
Local or foreign: Local
Type of death: Murdered
Suspected source of fire: Suicide attack, Daesh(IS-K)
Location: Kabul
Date: December 28, 2017
Impunity: Yes
Taken Captive: No
Tortured: No
Threatened: No
Name: Husain Ali Nazari
Gender &Age: Male
Job: Cameraman, Rah-e-Farda TV
Local or foreign: Local
Type of death: Murdered
Suspected source of fire: Suicide attack, Daesh(IS-K)
Location: Kabul
Date: November 16, 2017
Impunity: Yes
Taken Captive: No
Tortured: No
Threatened: No
Name: Naqibullah
Gender &Age: Male
Job: Security guard, Shamshad TV
Local or foreign: Local
Type of death: Murdered
Suspected source of fire: Suicide attack, Daesh(IS-K)
Location: Kabul
Date: November 7, 2017
Impunity: Yes
Taken Captive: No
Tortured: No
Threatened: No
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Name: Habibullah Husainzada
Gender &Age: Male
Job: Cameraman, Press TV
Local or foreign: Local
Type of death: Killed
Suspected source of fire: Suicide attack, Taliban
Location: Kabul
Date: May 31, 2017
Impunity: Yes
Taken Captive: No
Tortured: No
Threatened: No
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Name: Omar Arghandiwal
Gender &Age: Male
Job: Technicial, RTA
Local or foreign: Local
Type of death: Killed
Suspected source of fire: Suicide attack, Taliban
Location: Kabul
Date: May 31, 2017
Impunity: Yes
Taken Captive: No
Tortured: No
Threatened: No
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Name: Mohammad Nazir
Gender &Age: Male
Job: Driver, BBC
Local or foreign: Local
Type of death: Killed
Suspected source of fire: Suicide attack, Taliban
Location: Kabul
Date: May 31, 2017
Impunity: Yes
Taken Captive: No
Tortured: No
Threatened: No
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Name: Aziz Nawin
Gender &Age: Male
Job: Technician, ToloTV
Local or foreign: Local
Type of death: Killed
Suspected source of fire: Suicide attack, Taliban
Location: Kabul
Date: May 31, 2017
Impunity: Yes
Taken Captive: No
Tortured: No
Threatened: No
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Name: Zainullah Mullakhil
Gender &Age: Male
Job: Employee, RTA
Local or foreign: Local
Type of death: Murdered
Suspected source of fire: Armed attack, Daesh(IS-K)
Location: Jalalabad
Date: May 17, 2017
Impunity: Yes
Taken Captive: No
Tortured: No
Threatened: No
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Name: Abdul Ghani
Gender &Age: Male
Job: Employee, RTA
Local or foreign: Local
Type of death: Murdered
Suspected source of fire: Armed attack, Daesh(IS-K)
Location: Jalalabad
Date: May 17, 2017
Impunity: Yes
Taken Captive: No
Tortured: No
Threatened: No
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Name: Mohammad Amir Shinwari
Gender &Age: Male
Job: Employee, RTA
Local or foreign: Local
Type of death: Murdered
Suspected source of fire: Armed attack, Daesh(IS-K)
Location: Jalalabad
Date: May 17, 2017
Impunity: Yes
Taken Captive: No
Tortured: No
Threatened: No
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Name: Abdul Latif
Gender &Age: Male
Job: Employee, RTA
Local or foreign: Local
Type of death: Murdered
Suspected source of fire: Armed attack, Daesh(IS-K)
Location: Jalalabad
Date: May 17, 2017
Impunity: Yes
Taken Captive: No
Tortured: No
Threatened: No
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Name: Abdul Hamid Ramazani
Gender &Age: Male
Job: Distributer, Afghanistan Daily
Local or foreign: Local
Type of death: Killed
Suspected source of fire: Suicide attack, Taliban
Location: Kabul
Date: July 24, 2017
Impunity: Yes
Taken Captive: No
Tortured: No
Threatened: No
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Name: Noorullah
Gender &Age: Male
Job: Reporter, Wolisi Jerga (lower house of Parliament) TV
Local or foreign: Local
Type of death: Killed
Suspected source of fire: Suicide attack, Taliban
Location: Kabul
Date: January 10, 2017
Impunity: Yes
Taken Captive: No
Tortured: No
Threatened: No
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Name: Farida
Gender &Age: Female
Job: Employee, Wolisi Jerga (lower house of Parliament) TV
Local or foreign: Local
Type of death: Killed
Suspected source of fire: Suicide attack, Taliban
Location: Kabul
Date: January 10, 2017
Impunity: Yes
Taken Captive: No
Tortured: No
Threatened: No
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