She was killed by the Taliban as she left for work.
KANDAHAR // Taliban gunmen shot dead the most high-profile female police officer in Afghanistan today as she left her home to go to work, officials and the militants said.
The attackers were waiting outside the home of Malalai Kakar, head of the city of Kandahar’s department of crimes against women, and opened fire on her car, the Kandahar government spokesman Zalmay Ayoobi said.
“Today between 7am and 8am when she was (in her car) outside her house and going to her job, some gunmen attacked,” he said. “Malalai Kakar died in front of her house. Her son was wounded.”
A doctor in the city’s main hospital said Ms Kakar, in her late 30s, had been shot in the head. Read more ...
The attackers were waiting outside the home of Malalai Kakar, head of the city of Kandahar’s department of crimes against women, and opened fire on her car, the Kandahar government spokesman Zalmay Ayoobi said.
“Today between 7am and 8am when she was (in her car) outside her house and going to her job, some gunmen attacked,” he said. “Malalai Kakar died in front of her house. Her son was wounded.”
A doctor in the city’s main hospital said Ms Kakar, in her late 30s, had been shot in the head. Read more ...
Source: AFP
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