Heavily-armed gunmen have shot dead a former lawmaker and one of her bodyguards in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul. Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said on Sunday that Mursal Nabizada, who had been a member of parliament in the former government, was killed in a night-time attack at her home. “Nabizada, along ...
Top officials from the United Nations and dozens of NGOs operating in Afghanistan are meeting in Kabul Sunday to discuss the way ahead after the Taliban authorities ordered all NGOs to stop women employees from working, aid officials said. The order issued by the Taliban authorities drew swift international condemnation, ...