From International Business Times:
“Mursal Nabizada: Former
Afghan Lawmaker Who Criticized Taliban's Rights Crackdown Shot Dead in Kabul
Home”
Former Afghanistan lawmaker
Mursal Nabizada was shot dead by gunmen at her Kabul home on Sunday. Nabizada,
32, had represented Kabul in the National Assembly before the Taliban overrun
the administration and took over the country. Nabizada's bodyguard was also
killed in the attack, while her brother sustained injuries. The attack happened
after midnight. "Nabizada, along with one of her bodyguards, was shot dead
at her house ... The security forces have started a serious investigation into
the incident," Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said, according to
Arab News.
Women Leaders Hunted Political
leaders and officials who were part of the US-backed regime of Afghanistan were
hunted down in the immediate aftermath of the Taliban takeover. Scores of
lawmakers and senior officials fled the country after the Taliban takeover.
However, Nabizada was one of the few leaders who chose to stay back in the face
of dire threat to life. Female politicians were especially in the crosshairs of
the Taliban, who moved in quickly to bring back the regressive measures that
particularly targeted women. The Taliban National Resistance Front of
Afghanistan said the Taliban was behind the killing of the young female
politician. "Targeted killing assassinations and mysterious murders by the
Taliban have increased in different provinces of the country. In the latest
case, a man was also killed in the centre of Parwan province," the Front,
which is the largest armed group resisting the Taliban in Afghanistan, said.
'A True Trailblazer' No
group has taken the responsibility for the killing of the 32-year-old
politician. According to DW, the former lawmaker had criticized the Taliban's
crackdown of women's rights. Just last month, the Taliban ordered that women
will no longer be allowed to go to university. "I heard the gunfire
and when we went down, they (attackers) had left and my daughter was lying on
the ground with blood on the bed alongside my son. The guard was also
killed," Nabizada's mother told TOLO TV channel. Former Afghan
parliamentarians condemned the cold-blooded killing. "A true trailblazer -
a 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. We have lost a diamond, but her legacy will
live on. Rest in peace," ," Mariam Solaimankhil, wrote on Twitter.
^ The barbarity continues against
Women in Afghanistan. ^
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