Afghan lawmaker, Mursal Nabizada and her bodyguard were shot dead in her home in Kabul on Sunday, January 15th in the early morning. Police are continuing the investigate who carried out this attack and why. Violence like this has been increasing in Afghanistan since the Taliban took control of the country in August of 2021. This attack was just one of the many signs recently that there has been deteriorating security at the Capital. This is the first time a lawmaker has been killed in a violent attack, but many other workers and citizens have been victims of violence. The week before this, about 5 people were killed in an explosion near the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, last year a suicide bomber killed 25 young women in an education center, a few weeks before that 6 people were killed in another suicide bombing at the Russian Embassy, and a month before 21 people were killed during a prayer service bombing. The United Nations Assistance Mission of Afghanistan is very worried about this reoccurring violence and says, "Violence is not part of any solution to bring lasting peace to Afghanistan."
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/16/middleeast/afghan-lawmaker-mursal-nabizada-shot-dead-intl-hnk
Lauren Pesola
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