Afghan journalist injured in acid attack

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- An Afghan journalist suffered first-degree burns in an acid attack in the capital earlier this week, a report said.

Razaq Mamoon is a writer and television presenter, according to Reporters Without Borders, a press rights organization.

Mamoon was attacked with acid Tuesday night as he left home, the group said. He is hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.

The group is urging the Afghan government to fully investigate the attack.

"We have already identified a dozen or so cases of violence against Afghan journalists for 2011," the group said. "The authors and originators of this barbarous act must be swiftly identified and arrested."

The police chief of Kabul said there have been no arrests so far, the group said.

Acid attacks on journalists are not common in the country, according to NIA, an Afghan organization that protects journalists.