Abdul Samad Rohani

{{short description|Afghan journalist}}

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Abdul Samad Rohani (1982 or 1983 – June 7 or 8, 2008) was an Afghan journalist who worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and the Afghan news agency Pajhwok.{{cite web|url=http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=27370 |title=BBC journalist killed in the south of the country |publisher=Reporters Without Borders |date=2008-06-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123193702/http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=27370 |archivedate=2008-11-23 }} He was abducted in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on June 7, 2008, and found murdered the following day in Lashkar Gah.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7442772.stm |title=BBC Afghan reporter is shot dead |work=BBC News |date=2008-06-08}}[http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5i5kvdTsL-BN5YTks7i6PQUi7hXRA "BBC Afghan journalist shot in head"], The Press Association, June 8, 2008 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617042440/http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5i5kvdTsL-BN5YTks7i6PQUi7hXRA |date=June 17, 2008 }} Reporters Without Borders stated that he had apparently been tortured and then shot three times.

Rohani had worked in Helmand as the head of the BBC World Service's Pashto service. The BBC issued a statement praising his "courage and dedication".

The Taliban reportedly denied involvement in his murder.[https://archive.today/20120718051649/http://uk.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUKISL36744._CH_.242020080608 "Afghan reporter for BBC killed in Helmand"], Reuters, June 8, 2008

Rohani was abducted on the same day that BBC reporter Nasteh Dahir was murdered in Somalia.[http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/07/somalia.journalist/ "Leading Somali journalist slain"], CNN, June 7, 2008