KABUL: Unknown gunmen here on Wednesday shot dead a female television presenter who once worked for a music program similar to MTV which had upset ulema.

“Yes I can confirm that she was killed,” city police chief Mohammad Akram Khakrizwal said. But he added there was no known motive for the murder of 24-year-old Shaima Rezayee.

Shaima Rezayee was sacked from the private-run Tulo TV in March. The network hosted her music program after it was heavily criticized by ulema. She had not worked since. Tulo, one of several private TV channels launched after the fall of the Taliban, has also been the target of criticism by radicals.—AFP