Three female media workers were shot dead in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, AFP reported. They were killed in the city of Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province, their TV network said. “They are all dead,” Zalmai Latifi, the director at Enikass TV, told AFP. “They were going home from the office on foot when they were shot,” he added.

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Latifi said the women were killed in two separate attacks. All three worked in the dubbing department for the broadcaster.

Zahir Adel, a spokesman at Nangarhar’s provincial hospital, also confirmed the toll.

No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attacks.

Journalists, religious scholars, activists and judges have all been targeted in a recent wave of political assassinations that has spread panic across Afghanistan and forced many into hiding — with some even fleeing the country.

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The killings have increased since peace talks were launched last year between the warring Afghan government and the Taliban — the latest attempt to end decades of conflict.