(Last Updated On: December 23, 2020)
Afghan leaders including President Ashraf Ghani and Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah along with the foreign community in Kabul have strongly condemned the assassination on Wednesday of Yousuf Rashid, head of the Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan (FEFA).
Photos and footage from the scene showed shattered glass and a blood splattered vehicle which was testimony to the barrage of bullets fired at the two men.
The Presidential Palace (ARG) stated in a series of tweets that Ghani has shared his condolences with the families and colleagues of the victims and that he condemned the attack.
April 3, 2021
Executive Director of FEFA ‘Yousuf Rasheed’ assassinated in Kabul – he was a man of courage, and a voice against totalitarianism
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KABUL: Another civil society activist and the CEO of the Free and Fair Election Forum of Afghanistan (FEFA) Yousuf Rasheed, was assassinated in Kabul on Wednesday morning.
The incident occurred in PD 7
th of Kabul, a city where insecurity has been on the rise on a daily basis. Kabul Police Spokesman, Ferdaws Faramarz said the terrorists targeted Executive Director of FEFA Yousuf Rasheed and his driver in Tani Kot area of the city.
Unknown gunmen started shooting at his vehicle while he was on his way to office, Abdul Baqi Rasheed, his brother said. His driver, who received injuries in the shooting, succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.