Relatives carry the body of female judge shot dead by unknown gunmen in Kabul (Reuters)
KABUL: Unidentified gunmen killed two female judges from Afghanistan’s Supreme Court in an ambush in the country’s capital on Sunday, police said, adding to a wave of assassinations in Kabul and other cities while government and Taliban representatives have been holding peace talks in Qatar.
The two judges, who have not yet been named, were killed and their driver wounded, in an attack at around 8.30am (local time), police said, adding the case was being investigated. The attack happened as they were driving to their office in a court vehicle, a spokesman for the court said. A spokesman for the Taliban said its fighters were not involved. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani condemned attacks on civilians by the Taliban and other militant groups. He said “terror, horror and crime” was not a solution to Afghanistan’s problem and beseeched the Taliban to accept “a permanent ceasefire”. Gov
Gunmen who are yet to be identified shot dead 2 female judges from Afghanistan’s Supreme Court in Kabul, police said as per Agency reports. This is the latest in a string of assassinations in Kabul and other cities as the government engages in talks with the Taliban in Qatar.
Gunmen shot dead two Afghan women Judges working for the Supreme Court in an early morning ambush in the country’s capital Sunday, officials said, as a wave of assassinations continues to rattle the nation
2 Afghan women judges assassinated in Kabul
2 Afghan women judges assassinated in Kabul
AFP / Updated: Jan 18, 2021, 06:00 IST
SC judges’ driver hurt;
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