Female television presenter shot dead in Kabul

KABUL - Unknown gunmen Wednesday shot dead a female television presenter in Kabul who once worked for a music program similar to MTV which had upset radical Islamic clerics, police said.
"Yes I can confirm that she was killed," city police chief Mohammad Akram Khakrizwal told AFP. But he added there was no known motive for the murder of 24-year-old Shaima Rezayee.
"We don't have more information at this point. Our unit has gone to the site and are investigating," Khakrizwal said.
Rezayee was sacked from the private-run Tulo TV in March which hosted her music program after it was heavily criticised by clerics. She had not worked since.
Tulo, one of several private TV channels launched after the fall of the hardline Taliban regime in late 2001, has also been the target of criticism by Islamic radicals.
Khakrizwal said the police counter-criminal unit was investigating the murder which took place in Kabul's Char Qala district.

05/18/2005 14:04 GMT