Afghanistan's National Journalists Union has once again called for thorough investigation into the murder case of local reporter of New York Times Sultan Munadi and punishing those behind the gruesome incident, a press release of the association published in local newspapers on Wednesday said.
"Afghanistan's National Journalists Union once again calls on government and NATO to identify those responsible for Munadi's murder and bring them to justice at its earliest," the press release published in 8Subh newspaper stressed, Xinhua reported.
Munadi and his Irish-British colleague Stephen Farrell were abducted by Taliban militants in Kunduz province couple of days ago and later on Munadi was killed during NATO's rescue operation but Farrell was set free unharmed.
Afghan journalist associations as civil societies have earlier demanded from government to investigate and bring Munadi's murderers to justice.
Taliban militants have ruled out their involvement in Munadi's assassination.
Several journalists have been killed in Afghanistan over the past eight years but no culprits have brought to justice.
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