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Following the death of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ stringer, Ahmed Omed Khpulwak, in southern Afghanistan's Urozgan province last week various conflicting reports have emerged regarding the facts surrounding his death.

The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ has officially requested that International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) inquires into the circumstances of his death and reports the findings to the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ and to his family as urgently as possible.

Ahmed Omed was killed on Thursday 28 July 2011. He was 25 and joined the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ on 1 May 2008, as a stringer. He was also working for Pajwak Afghan news agency.

Our thoughts remain with Ahmed Omed's friends and family at this difficult time.

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Press Office