An female ex-lawmaker in Afghanistan, Mursal Nabizada was on Saturday night shot dead by gunmen at her residence in Kabul.
According to the police, the gunmen also killed her bodyguards during the attack at her home.
Recall that Nabizada was a member of parliament in the US-backed government that was overthrown Poppy’s by the Taliban in August 2021.
In a statement on Sunday, Kabul’s police spokesman Khalid Zadran said, “Nabizada, along with one of her bodyguards, was shot dead at her house,”
“The security forces have started a serious investigation into the incident,” he said, adding that a brother of the former lawmaker was also wounded in the attack, which took place during the night between Saturday and Sunday.
While praising her former colleague, an ex-lawmaker, Mariam Solaimankhil in a tweet described late Nabizada as a “fearless champion for Afghanistan.”
“A true trailblazer – 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 added.
Nabizada, 32, hailed from the eastern province of Nangarhar, and had been elected as a member of parliament from Kabul in 2018.
Reacting to her killing, a member of the European parliament, Hannah Neumann wrote, “I am sad and angry and want the world to know!”
“She was killed in darkness, but the Taliban build their system of gender apartheid in full daylight.”