Unknown armed men shot dead an Afghan journalist, called Seyd Hamid Noori, who is also a member of Afghan National Journalist Association, in Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday night, an official said on Monday.
"Noori was killed in precinct nine near his house last night," a police official who declined to be named told Xinhua.
No groups or individuals have yet to claim responsibility for the murder.
Over a dozen journalists have been killed in several incidents in war-torn Afghanistan over the past couple of years.