Top Afghan policewoman dies after gun attack

Afghan policewoman dies after gun attack - Yahoo! New Zealand:  "I can confirm that Nigar died in the emergency unit of the hospital this morning," provincial government spokesman Omar Zawak told AFP. "She died from a bad injury to her neck."
Nigar, who like many Afghans used only one name, was earlier expected to survive after she was shot on Sunday morning by gunmen who escaped by motorbike.
She was walking near the police headquarters in Lashkar Gah when her killers struck.