A man dressed as a policeman has shot two foreign journalists in eastern Afghanistan. Witnesses say, one of the journalists was killed and the other critically wounded.
The attack took place on the eve of a presidential election that Taliban insurgents have pledged to disrupt through a campaign of bombings and assassinations. The two journalists were in a remote small town on Afghanistan's border with Pakistan when the incident took place. A spokesman for the governor of Khost province suggested that the assailant was actually a policeman.
The Afghan government has beefed up security ahead of the Presidential and Provincial Councils elections. Security personnel have been deployed in sensitive areas and roads leading to the voting centers in Kabul and other cities as well as in towns and villages to ensure security for the voters.
