Mohammad Salim Angaar, a cameraman with Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA), was fatally shot during an attack on the governor’s compound in Kandahar on October 18, 2018, according to the Afghanistan Journalists Center. The attack was targeted at a high-ranking meeting on election security that included provincial officials, U.S. military officials, the police chief, and other officials, according to news reports. Angaar was covering the meeting, according to the Afghanistan Journalists Center.
Toward the end of the meeting, an elite Afghan guard turned his gun on the delegation, according to the Associated Press. Kandahar’s police chief, Abdul Raziq, and head of security in Kandahar, Abdul Mohmin, were killed in the attack, according to news reports. Kandahar’s governor, three Americans, and multiple others present at the meeting were wounded, according to news reports.
The gunman had been using a fake name and false ID and had been hired one and a half months prior to the attack, according to Tolo News. He was shot and killed during the attack, according to news reports. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, according to the BBC. Fifteen people have been arrested in connection to the attack, Tolo News reported.