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“ Remembering AFP Reporter Sardar Ahmad
Our heartfelt condolences go out to the family and friends of colleague Sardar Ahmad, the 40-year-old Afghan journalist with Agence France-Presse, was shot dead along in Kabul with his...

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Remembering AFP Reporter Sardar Ahmad

Our heartfelt condolences go out to the family and friends of colleague Sardar Ahmad, the 40-year-old Afghan journalist with Agence France-Presse, was shot dead along in Kabul with his wife, his 5-year-old daughter Nilofar and 3-year-old son Omar. His youngest son Abuzar, not even two, is in a coma.

Caption: Afghan soldiers carry the casket of slain AFP reporter Sardar Ahmad as they leave a local hospital during funeral ceremonies in Kabul on March 23, 2014. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt, AFP/Getty Images)