Explosion injures Dehkada Radio staff in Ghazni province

On July 19th 2011, an explosion in front of Dehkada Radio building in Ghazni city killed 4 people and injured 14 others. A journalist and the head broadcasting at Dehkada Radio were amongst injured. As well as the injuries sustained by many staff, the radio also suffered extensive damages due to the explosion. Said Ahmad Sorosh, Head of broadcasting, who was among the injured, said that the explosion took place at a distance of 10 meters from the radio station building and broke all the windows of the station as well as damaging the computers and broadcasting mixer and technical desks of the studio. “I and one of my journalists were at the scene of the explosion just nearby our radio station|, Sorosh said to Nai. “It was a small explosion and had not damaged the place, but police told us that all should evacuate the scene because of more serious explosions. We were evacuating the scene toward our station when the second explosion happed and injured me and my colleague” Dehkada Radio management claims that their radio was targeted by the second explosion. “Although our radio was broadcasting in accordance with the culture and religion of the country, it was targeted today.” said Ahmad Fareed Rostaee in an interview with Nai. Although no one has claimed the responsibility for the explosions, Afghan security forces blamed Taliban for the incident.