FORMER AFGHAN LAWMAKER AND HER BODYGUARD SHOT DEAD IN KABUL

Sun 15 January 2023:

Police in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, said on Sunday that an unidentified assailant shot and killed a former female lawmaker there along with her bodyguard.

Mursal Nabizada was one of the few female lawmakers still residing in Kabul in August 2021, when the Taliban established their rule over the country.

After the Taliban took control of the city, a politician from the former administration was assassinated there for the first time.

Kabul police spokesperson Khalid Zadran said, “Nabizada, along with one of her bodyguards, was shot dead at her house.”

“The security forces have started a serious investigation into the incident,” he added, adding that her brother also suffered injuries.

Former lawmaker Mariam Solaimankhil posted on Twitter that Nabizada was a “fearless champion for Afghanistan”.

“A true trailblazer – strong, outspoken woman who stood for what she believed in, even in the face of danger. Despite being offered the chance to leave Afghanistan, she chose to stay and fight for her people,” she wrote.

In 2019, Nabizada was elected to represent the capital city and held office till the Taliban takeover. She worked at the Institute for Human Resources Development and Research, which is a private non-governmental group and was the parliamentary defence commission’s member.

European parliament member Hannah Neumann, reacting to the killing, tweeted, “I am sad and angry and want the world to know! She was killed in darkness, but the Taliban build their system of gender apartheid in full daylight.”

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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