Tributes poured in on Monday after a former Afghan feminine lawmaker was shot and killed by gunmen at her residence within the capital Kabul on Sunday.
The slaying was the primary time a lawmaker from the earlier administration was killed within the metropolis because the Taliban takeover.
Mursal Nabizada was among the many few feminine parliamentarians who stayed in Kabul after the Taliban seized energy in August 2021. Police say considered one of her bodyguards was additionally killed within the assault Sunday.
Karen Decker, the U.S. cost d’affaires for Afghanistan, tweeted: “Hold the perpetrators accountable!”
“Angered, heartbroken by murder of Mursal Nabizada – a tragic loss. I offer Mursal’s family my condolences and hope to see them receive justice for this senseless act,” Decker additionally mentioned in her tweet.
Nabizada’s brother was additionally wounded within the assault, in accordance with Khalid Zadran, spokesman for the Kabul police chief within the Taliban administration. A police investigation was underway, he added.
Hannah Neumann, a member of the European Parliament, additionally tweeted her condolences. “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,” Neumann mentioned.
Earlier, native police chief Hamidullah Khalid mentioned one other safety guard had fled the scene with cash and jewellery.
Abdullah Abdullah, a high official in Afghanistan’s former Western-backed authorities, mentioned he was saddened by Nabizada’s loss of life and hoped the perpetrators could be punished. He described her as a “representative and servant of the people.”
Nabizada was elected in 2019 to signify Kabul and stayed in workplace till the Taliban takeover. She was initially from the jap Nangarhar province.
She additionally labored at a non-public nongovernmental group (NGO), the Institute for Human Resources Development and Research.
After their takeover, the Taliban initially mentioned they wouldn’t impose the identical harsh guidelines over society as they did throughout their first rule of Afghanistan within the late Nineties.
But they’ve progressively imposed extra restrictions, notably on ladies. They have banned ladies and ladies from education past the sixth grade and barred them from most jobs.
