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REUTERS PHOTOGRAPHER KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN: ‘HE WAS OUR EYE’
The Pakistan foreign ministry appeared to confirm the incident in a statement on Saturday, saying that Silsila Alikhil was “assaulted while riding a rented vehicle.” The ministry appeared to backtrack the admission, instead Sunday night expressing skepticism over the claims.
A medical report, shared on social media and confirmed by the hospital where Silsila Alikhil was treated, stated she was admitted with swelling in the brain’s occiptal region and rope marks on her wrists and ankles, Reuters reported.
The report also indicated she was held for five hours.
CHINA CRITICIZES US FOR ABANDONING AFGHANISTAN, WARNS AGAINST ‘SHIRKING ITS RESPONSIBILITY’
Pakistan launched a probe into the incident, but Afghanistan raised questions over the credibility of the probe after Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said that so far there is no evidence of the abduction and called it “an international conspiracy.”
The incident further strains relations between the countries as the U.S. continues to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan and the Taliban resurge in the country.
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Afghanistan has accused Pakistan of providing have for Taliban militants as they continue their campaign against the country.
