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Afghanistan: Suicide Bomb Kills 6 Employees of Tolo TV

HeadlineJan 21, 2016

In Afghanistan, a suicide bomb has killed at least six employees of the Afghan station Tolo TV. Four of the victims are reported to be women. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Committee to Protect Journalists has documented a Taliban website threatening Tolo TV journalists with “elimination.” Meanwhile, at least four people were killed in a separate suicide bomb attack near the Russian Embassy in Kabul.

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