By Xinhua,
Kabul : An Afghan journalist working for BBC was found dead Sunday in Helmand province of southern Afghanistan, an official said.
The body of Abdul Samad Rohani, who went missing Thursday, was found in a cemetery some 15 km away from Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital, Helmand’s police chief Mohammad Hussein Andiwal told Xinhua.
The British Broadcasting Corporation has confirmed the killing of Rohani.
There has been no responsibility claim but anti-government militants who had been conducting various violent attacks across the country since years ago were believed to be behind the deadly killing.
Escalating insurgency-related conflicts and violence in Afghanistan claimed 8,000 lives last year, a bloodiest one since the hard-line Taliban regime’s collapse in 2001.