Her killing comes as the Taliban increasingly strip Afghan women of the rights they won under US-backed governments. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KABUL – Gunmen shot dead a former lawmaker and one of her bodyguards in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul in a night-time attack at her home, police said on Sunday.
“Security forces have started a serious investigation into the incident,” Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said, adding that a brother of Ms Nabizada was also wounded in the attack. “A true trailblazer - strong, outspoken woman who stood for what she believed in, even in the face of danger,” she wrote.
Ms Nabizada, 32, hailed from the eastern province of Nangarhar, and was elected as a member of Parliament from Kabul in 2018.
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