After capturing in Afghanistan, the Taliban is targeting media persons and journalists. According to the news of Reuters, Taliban fighters have killed the relative of a journalist of Deutsche Welle, searching for him, the German news channel said on Thursday. Reports said Taliban fighters had entered the house in search of an Afghan journalist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Without giving much details of the incident, DW said that the Taliban terrorists were conducting door-to-door search for the journalist. While, the second relative suffered serious injuries, others managed to escape from the militants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Director General of DW, Peter Limbourg condemned the killing and said the killing of a close relative of one of our editors by the Taliban yesterday is inconceivably tragic, and testifies to the acute danger in which all our employees and their families in Afghanistan find themselves, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is evident that the Taliban are already carrying out organized searches for journalists, both in Kabul and in the provinces. We are running out of time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DW and other German media organisations have called on the German government to take swift action to help their Afghan staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Reuters report said the Taliban had searched the homes of at least three Deutsche Welle journalists. At the same time, the head of a local private channel Gargasht TV, Nematullah Hemat, has been kidnapped. As per the government officials, Toofan Omar, the head of the private radio station Paktia Ghag, was shot by the Taliban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n