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Afghanistan emerges as deadliest country for journalists

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KABUL emerged as the deadliest country for media workers in 2018, says the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ),

During the outgoing year, 18 journalists were killed in the conflict-torn country, followed by Mexico with 11, Yemen with nine and Syria with eight.

The number of killings of working journalists and news staff surged during the outgoing year, ending an overall decline experienced in recent years.

In its annual report released, the association said 94 journalists and media workers died in targeted killings, bomb . . .

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