The gunman killed the body of a former Afghan lawmaker and her bodyguards found in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul during a nighttime assault at her house, the police said on Sunday:
Kabul: Gunmen killed the body of a former Afghan legislator and one bodyguard inside the capital Kabul in a night-time robbery at her residence, police reported on Sunday.
Mursal Nabizada was an elected member of the parliament during the US-backed administration that was toppled by the Taliban in August 2021.
“Nabizada, along with one of her bodyguards, was shot dead at her house,” Kabul police spokesperson Khalid Zadran said.
“The security forces have started a serious investigation into the incident,” he added, adding that the cousin of the ex-legislator was also injured in the incident that took place in the night, between the weekend and.
Nabizada was a “fearless champion for Afghanistan,” former politician Mariam Sola iman khil said on Twitter. “A true trailblazer — a strong, outspoken woman who stood for what she believed in, even in the face of danger,” she wrote.
“Despite being offered the chance to leave Afghanistan, she chose to stay and fight for her people,” she said.
Nabizada 32-year-old Nabizada hails from the province of Nangarhar. He was elected a member of Kabul’s parliament in Kabul in the year 2018.
“I am sad and angry and want the world to know!” tweeted Hannah Neumann, a member of the European Parliament, in reaction to the murder.
“She was killed in darkness, but the Taliban built their system of gender apartheid in full daylight.”