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Afghanistan: Top Female Police Officer Gunned Down

HeadlineSep 16, 2013

A top female police officer in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province has died of her injuries after being shot by unknown gunmen on Sunday. Lieutenant Negara died at the hospital today, just over two months after the murder of her predecessor, Lieutenant Islam Bibi, who was also a woman. Women make up less than 1 percent of Afghanistan’s police force. Neither of the women’s killers have been arrested or even identified.

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