Mediagazer: Attacks on journalists threaten media freedom in Afghanistan (Lynne O'Donnell/Associated Press)

10:40 PM ET, January 21, 2015

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Lynne O'Donnell / Associated Press:

Attacks on journalists threaten media freedom in Afghanistan — KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — When Afghan journalist Hussain Sirat's car disappeared in late December, he assumed it was simply theft, until a man called to say that he had the vehicle, and a gun with which he planned to kill him.

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