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Remembering Samim Faramarz and Ramiz Ahmadi

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Friday marks seven years since TOLOnews journalist Samim Faramarz and cameraman Ramiz Ahmadi were killed in a bombing in Kabul while covering a previous explosion.

The two were reporting from the scene of an earlier blast at the Maiwand wrestling club in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood of western Kabul on the evening of Sept 5, 2018 when a second explosion struck, killing them.

Six other journalists were wounded in the attack.

Faramarz graduated from Afghan-Turk High School in 2009 and later completed his higher education in Kazakhstan.

Ahmadi had worked as a cameraman at TOLOnews for five years and was widely respected for his commitment to frontline reporting.

Their deaths remain a powerful reminder of the dangers journalists face while reporting in conflict zones.

Daesh had claimed responsibility for the attack.