Saturday 30 August 2014

Female Afghan lawmaker wounded in shooting attack

Female Afghan lawmaker wounded in shooting attack | The Jakarta Post
It was the second attack in a day on a high-profile figure in the capital. On Tuesday morning, Afghanistan's deputy public works minister was abducted from his car on his way to work.
Koofi is a parliamentarian from the northern province of Takhar. Her sister, Fawzia Koofi, is also a member of parliament and a well-known women's rights activist.
Fawzia Koofi said her sister told her she was just getting into her car after dark when an unseen attacker fired. She said she was convinced the shooting was an act of political intimidation by those who oppose the rights women have been granted since the fall of the hard-line Islamic Taliban government.

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