FCC mourns death of war correspondent in Kabul


New Delhi, March 12 (IANS): The Foreign Correspondents` Club of South Asia Wednesday mourned the death Nils Orner, Swiss Radio's South Asia war correspondent, while he was on assignment in Kabul.

He was killed in a daylight operation by unidentified assassins who are still at large, the FCC said in a statement signed by its president, Waiel Awwad.

"This incident shows how vulnerable are the journalists covering war zones and specially in Afghanistan, where at least 29 journalists lost their lives since
1992," FCC said.

This latest killing will have an impact on the forthcoming election and covering the withdrawal of foreign troops before the end of 2014, it said.

"We condemn the barbaric terrorist act and we call upon the authority in Afghanistan to bring the killers to justice and provide protection to journalists
on the ground," it said.

 

  

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