I Was On The Taliban s Hit List : Journalists Flee Afghanistan Amid Targeted Killings rferl.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from rferl.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Judge Kadria Yasini, 53, drew her handbag to her chest as she was shot in Kabul
Shots lanced her bag, pierced her chest and left her in pool of blood at the scene
Fellow judge and victim Zakia Herawi, 47, was shot in the face, neck and chest
Assassinations come as the Taliban increasingly target the Afghan liberal elite
High ranking Taliban officials are engaged in peace talks with US officials in Qatar but footmen on Kabul s streets continue to kill with impunity
Kabul: 5 Killed in Criminal Incidents Within 24 Hours
Five people, including a doctor, were killed in criminal incidents within the last 24 hours, according to figures gathered by TOLOnews.
One of those killed was Paghman elder Malik Murtaza, whose two bodyguards were also killed in an attack by armed men in Kabul’s Qargha area on Sunday evening. His family called on the government to find the perpetrators.
Unidentified armed men attacked Malik Murtaza’s vehicle in the west of Kabul.
“They will kill my other son the next day, and another the coming day. What should we do? We cannot do anything to them. The government can,” said Bibi Aqila, Malik Murtaza’s mother.
A spokesman for Afghanistan's public-protection forces has been killed along with two other people after their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in the capital, Kabul.
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