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A journalist with British and Swedish nationality has been killed in Afghanistan.
The man, named as radio journalist Nils Horner, was shot near a busy roundabout in the Wazir
Akbar Khan area of Kabul on Tuesday morning. He died on the way to hospital and the gunman
escaped. The Foreign Office said it was urgently looking
into the reports, and the Swedish ambassador said Mr Horner's family had been told of his
death. The Wazir Akbar Khan area, which is usually
well-policed, is home to a number of foreign embassies and diplomats, the BBC's Caroline
Wyatt said. Peter Semneby, the Swedish ambassador in Kabul,
told the Associated Press Mr Horner was a correspondent for Swedish national radio.
He added: "We understand he had British nationality in addition to his Swedish nationality. His
family has been informed." A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We have
received unconfirmed reports of a shooting in Wazir Akbar Khan that we are urgently looking
into." The Taliban said it was not responsible for
the killing, the AFP news agency reported.