Gunmen kill top Afghan TV host

KABUL: Gunmen killed a former Afghan TV presenter as he was travelling in the southern city of Kandahar, a provincial official said, adding to fears for press freedom in the war-wrecked country.

Nimat Rawan, one of the most well-known presenters in the country, was shot at noon, provincial spokesman Baheer Ahmadi said, by two assailants who were able to escape with his mobile phone. Security officials have told several other journalists in the area extremists are targeting them as well, he added.