Two Afghan SC female judges killed in Kabul ambush
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January 18, 2021
KABUL: Gunmen shot dead two Afghan women judges, working for the Supreme Court, in an ambush in the country´s capital Sunday, officials said, an attack the top US envoy in Kabul blamed on the Taliban.Violence has surged across Afghanistan in recent months despite ongoing peace talks between the Taliban and government -- especially in Kabul, where a new trend of targeted killings aimed at high-profile figures has sown fear in the restive city.
The latest attack, which US Charge D´Affaires Ross Wilson blamed on the Taliban, comes just two days after the Pentagon announced it had cut troop levels in Afghanistan to 2,500, the fewest in nearly two decades.