16 October 2025 | IFJ
Second Afghan journalist killed in two days
Missile strike
Safi is the second media worker to be killed in Afghanistan in two days amid escalated tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan and cross border fighting in the Spin Boldak border region. Both countries confirmed a temporary ceasefire on October 15.
AIJU said Safi was employed by Afghanistan’s state run media, working in the Technical and Taranum Directorates, which operate under the Ministry of Information and Culture to regulate and promote religious-themed poetry and songs (taranas) that align with Islamic values. He was aged in his 50s.
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