Lisa Schnellinger/CPJ Guest Blogger
Lisa Schnellinger is an advisor to Pajhwok, which she helped to create, and has worked with Afghan journalists since 2002.
![Khpalwak covered more than just war and instability--he captured everyday life in Afghanistan. (Khpalwak)](https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Khpalwak.soccer.jpg?w=400&h=222&crop=1)
Afghan journalist’s death is a loss for press freedom
Ahmad Omaid Khpalwak covered violent news. His last two stories for Pajhwok Afghan News, before he died on July 28 in a major attack in Tarin Kot, capital of Uruzgan province, were about an attack on police checkpoints in which both Taliban and police were killed, and an interview with a would-be suicide bomber. Few of…