International News Safety Institute

13 June 2011

Asfandyar Khan

Incident

Asfandyar Khan and Shafiullah Khan

Cause of death

Explosion

Details

Asfandyar Khan and Shafiullah Khan died in a double bombing in Peshawar. After a bomb went off in a supermarket, they rushed with several colleagues to cover the story and were caught in a second blast.

Asfandyar worked for Akhbar-e-Khyber and Shafiullah for The News International. Five other journalists were injured in the blasts, though their injuries were relatively minor.

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