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Afghanistan: Killing the Messenger

Part of The Big Stories: 2016. Yalda Hakim is in Kabul with Afghanistan's Tolo Television to hear staff talk about life, and making television, in a country at war.

Part of The Big Stories: 2016. The Kabul office of Afghanistan's Tolo Television is a young and energetic place. Its staff work on some of the most-watched programmes in the country. But the station's popularity and prominence carries a deadly risk. In January a Taliban suicide bomber blew up a bus carrying Tolo employees home. Seven of them died. Yalda Hakim is in Kabul with the station's staff to hear them talk about life, and making television, in a country at war.

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New Year's Day 2017 15:10GMT

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