BBC Journalist Found Dead in Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — An Afghan journalist working for the BBC World Service was found dead in southern Afghanistan with a gunshot wound to the head yesterday, the BBC and Afghan officials said.

The British Broadcasting Corp. said Abdul Samad Rohani went missing in the town of Lashkar Gar in Helmand province on Saturday. His body was found in a cemetery the following day.

Rohani was the Helmand reporter for the BBC World Service's Pashto language service. A BBC world news editor, Jon Williams, called his death "a terrible loss."

"Rohani's courage and dedication have been a key part of the BBC's reporting from Afghanistan in recent years. His bravery — and that of his colleagues — have allowed us to tell a key story for audiences in the U.K., in Afghanistan and around the world," Mr. Williams said in a statement from London.