'An Attack On Free Speech': Colleagues Remember Afghan RFE/RL Journalist Killed In Bombing
- By Margot Buff and
- RFE/RL's Radio Azadi
RFE/RL correspondent Mohammad Ilyas Dayee was known for his intrepid reporting on drug trafficking, militancy, and social issues in Afghanistan's Helmand Province. In November 2020, he was killed by a bomb attached to his car. It was just one of many targeted attacks in the past year that have silenced vital voices in Afghanistan's embattled media.