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21 Afghan journalists killed, 57 injured in 2017

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KABUL since late March 2017 --- yet another bloodiest year for the community, an advocacy group said Monday.

In the past 12 months, around 161 cases of violence against journalists, insults, threats, pressure, destruction of media facilities and equipment and attacks were registered in different provinces.

This was told to a gathering marking the journalist day in Kabul by Ahmad Quraishi, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Afghanistan Journalist Center (AJC).

The gathering was attended by government officials and media activists. Speaking on the occasion . . .

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