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Zakia Zaki, owner of a radio station in Afghanistan, was shot and killed in her home north of Kabul. Zaki, 35, was one of the country's few female journalists to speak out during the Taleban's rule. She had also headed the US-funded station, Radio Peace, since it opened in 2001. Another Afghan woman journalist, Shakiba Sanga Amaj, was killed last week. The 22-year-old worked for the privately owned Shamshad TV.  Read the BBC article.

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