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| Journalists killed in Afghanistan | Journalists killed in Afghanistan |
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| Two German journalists have been shot dead by unidentified attackers in northern Afghanistan in an overnight attack, Afghan police say. | Two German journalists have been shot dead by unidentified attackers in northern Afghanistan in an overnight attack, Afghan police say. |
| The two, a man and a woman, were killed while travelling from Baghlan province to the central province of Bamiyan, officials told Reuters news agency. | The two, a man and a woman, were killed while travelling from Baghlan province to the central province of Bamiyan, officials told Reuters news agency. |
| They were apparently in the country working on a documentary. | They were apparently in the country working on a documentary. |
| Varying reports say they were either killed in their tent or in a vehicle in the early hours of Saturday. | Varying reports say they were either killed in their tent or in a vehicle in the early hours of Saturday. |
| "Unidentified insurgents sprayed their vehicle with bullets," Baghlan's security chief, Gen Azim Hashimi, was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying. | "Unidentified insurgents sprayed their vehicle with bullets," Baghlan's security chief, Gen Azim Hashimi, was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying. |
| There was no word about the fate of their driver. | There was no word about the fate of their driver. |
| 'Operating independently' | |
| Zemarai Bashary, an interior ministry spokesman, said the two journalists had been attacked while camping in Baghlan en route to Bamiyan. | Zemarai Bashary, an interior ministry spokesman, said the two journalists had been attacked while camping in Baghlan en route to Bamiyan. |
| "They were killed by unidentified people in their tent," he told AFP news agency. | "They were killed by unidentified people in their tent," he told AFP news agency. |
| "They were shot dead with AK-47s." | "They were shot dead with AK-47s." |
| The Nato-led International Security Assistance Force said it had been informed of the deaths. | |
| A spokesman, Maj Dominic Whyte, said the two had not been involved with Isaf and were "operating independently". | |
| German media contacted by BBC News are seeking confirmation of the dead journalists' identity. | German media contacted by BBC News are seeking confirmation of the dead journalists' identity. |
| In 2001, German journalist Volker Handloik was killed along with two French colleagues in a Taleban ambush in Afghanistan. |