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KABUL Freshta Kohistani, a prominent women’s rights activist and former provincial council member in Afghanistan, was shot and killed along with her brother in her hometown of Kohistan district in Kapisa province on Dec. 24. The two were on a motorbike when gunmen opened fire, according to the Interior Ministry. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. Kohistani, 29, led many protests on behalf of women’s rights and raised awareness on social media about violence against women in the country. She also participated in the presidential election campaign for Abdullah Abdullah. Kohistani was the second activist to be killed in as many days. Mohammad Yousuf Rasheed, the head of an independent election monitoring organization, was shot and killed in an ambush in Kabul on Dec 23. ....
Car Bomb Targeting Lawmaker in Afghanistan Kills at Least 9 Car Bomb Targeting Lawmaker in Afghanistan Kills at Least 9 Comments Off on Car Bomb Targeting Lawmaker in Afghanistan Kills at Least 9 KABUL In a third bomb blast in Afghanistan within a week, at least nine people, including women and children, were killed in the capital of Kabul on Dec 20. The blast from the car bomb targeted Khan Mohammad Wardak, a member of parliament, as he was traveling through the Khushal Khan neighborhood, a western suburb in Kabul. Wardak survived the attack. Security officials believe the number of casualties will increase. “Such terrorist attacks show the persistence of terrorist crimes against the people. Terrorists have an approach of destruction and killing,” tweeted Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry spokesperson Tariq Arian. ....