World News – CA – Former Afghan TV host killed in Kabul explosion

Violence and chaos have intensified in Afghanistan in recent months with an attack last week on Kabul University (pictured) November 2, 2020 File photo
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A bomb attached to the vehicle of a former Afghan television presenter TOLO exploded early on Saturday, killing the journalist and two other civilians, Kabul police said

Yama Siawash’s death is under investigation and the identity of the other victims was not immediately known, police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz said. No one immediately claimed responsibility

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Violence and chaos have escalated in Afghanistan in recent months with an attack last week on Kabul University that killed 22 people, many of them students ISIS affiliate claimed that this attack and another attack on an educational institution on October 24, also in the capital, left 24 dead

The upsurge in violent attacks comes even as government negotiators and the Taliban meet in Qatar to end decades of relentless war in Afghanistan Both sides have made little progress

The talks were part of a negotiated deal between the US and the Taliban to allow US and NATO troops to withdraw from Afghanistan, ending 19 years of military engagement

According to initial reports, Siawash was near his home when the bomb attached to his car exploded Eyewitness Mohammad Rafi said that Siawash’s father and brother were the first to reach the vehicle which was engulfed in flames

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