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Former Afghan MP Mursal Nabizada Assassinated in Her Kabul Home

HeadlineJan 17, 2023

In Afghanistan, armed men shot and killed former Member of Parliament Mursal Nabizada on Sunday in an assault on her home in Kabul. One of Nabizada’s bodyguards was also killed in the attack, which also left her brother and another guard injured. Nabizada was elected in 2019 to represent Kabul and remained in office until the Taliban takeover in August of 2021. Her assassination came amid a massive crackdown on the rights of women and girls by the Taliban.

Over the weekend, the charity Save the Children reported it has resumed a small percentage of its activities in Afghanistan for the first time since the Taliban banned women from working for nongovernmental organizations. The group added in a statement, “The ban on female NGO workers — on top of the existing humanitarian crisis — will drive up the needs of children and have a huge ripple effect. It will mean fewer women and girls are reached with essential support; it will mean more children are forced into labor and marriage … it will mean tens of thousands of jobs are put at risk across the sector.”

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