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Two female supreme court judges shot dead and driver wounded in ambush as they travelled to work in Kabul
Updated: 17 Jan 2021, 17:22
TWO female judges from Afghanistan s Supreme Court were assassinated in Kabul on Sunday.
The attack is the latest in a continuing spate of high-profile murders that have plagued the country in recent months.
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The bodies of the female judges from the Supreme Court being carried outCredit: Reuters
The women, who have not yet been identified, were killed en route to their office in a court vehicle, according to Ahmad Fahim Qaweem, a spokesman for the Supreme Court.
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.
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 President Ashraf Ghani 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.
The Taliban denied any involvement in the incident. Jan 17, 2021 · 06:05 pm A woman walks at the site where gunmen shot dead two judges working for the Supreme Court in Kabul on January 17. | Wakil Kohsar/AFP
Two women judges of Afghanistan’s Supreme Court were on Sunday shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Kabul, AFP reported. The incident was the latest in a series of high-profile killings in the city.
A Supreme Court spokesperson said that the judges were attacked while they were going to their office in a court vehicle. Their driver was injured in the attack.
The judges have not been identified yet. Their killing is being investigated by security forces, according to Reuters. Meanwhile, the Taliban denied any involvement in the incident.
2 female SC judges shot dead in Kabul
17th January, 2021 10:14:22
KABUL: 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, reports AFP.
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 President Ashraf Ghani 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.