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On behalf of God Aymak, he became the fifth journalist to be killed in the past two months in Afghanistan.
The journalist was on his way home after a family visit in a nearby town in Ghor province, when gunmen opened fire on his car.
According to the governor of the region, Aref Abeer, none of the other occupants of the car were injured in the attack.
Aymaq served as the director of the radio station “Sada El-Gour” and was a human rights activist.
While no party has claimed responsibility for his death, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid insisted that the militants had nothing to do with the incident.
Last week, Afghan journalist Rahmatullah Nekzad, who was head of the Union of Journalists in the eastern Ghazni province, was killed in an armed attack in front of his home.
Authorities said they had arrested two of those involved in Nekzad’s murder, and confessed to the murder and said they were Taliban, but the movement denied their involvement in the journalist’s murder, describing it as a “cowardly act”.
ISIS claimed the murder of television presenter Malala Maywand, who was attacked by two gunmen who opened fire on her and her driver as she was leaving their home in the eastern Nangarhar province.
In November, two journalists were killed in separate blasts across the country.
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the ongoing attacks on journalists in Afghanistan, and Reporters Without Borders called the country one of the bloodiest places in the world for journalists.
