CNN —
Former Afghan lawmaker Mursal Nabizada and her information defender were changeable dormant her location successful Kabul aboriginal Sunday morning, according to Kabul police.
Nabizada represented Kabul successful Afghanistan’s parliament from 2019 until the authorities was deposed by the Taliban successful August 2021. She was 1 of the fewer pistillate erstwhile lawmakers who remained successful Afghanistan aft the Taliban takeover.
Nabizada’s member was besides wounded successful the attack, said Kabul constabulary spokesperson Khalid Zadran, who added that an probe to find who carried retired the onslaught is underway.
The shooting took spot astir 3 a.m., section clip connected Sunday, according to section constabulary main Molvi Hamidullah Khalid.
Sunday’s shooting is the archetypal clip a lawmaker from the erstwhile medication has been killed successful the metropolis since the Taliban seized power, but determination person been signs of a deteriorating information concern successful the country’s capital.
Last week, astatine slightest 5 radical were killed successful an detonation adjacent the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs connected Wednesday, according to constabulary successful Kabul.
“Rising insecurity is of sedate concern,” the United Nations Assistance Mission successful Afghanistan wrote successful a connection condemning the attack. “Violence is not portion of immoderate solution to bring lasting bid to Afghanistan.”
Since the Taliban took power of the country, aggregate attacks person claimed dozens of lives successful the capital.
In September past year, a termination bomber killed astatine slightest 25 people, mostly young women, astatine an acquisition halfway successful Kabul.
Earlier that month, six radical including 2 Russian Embassy employees were killed successful a termination blast adjacent the Russian Embassy.
In August, an detonation astatine a mosque during evening prayers killed 21 radical and injured 33.