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Afghan women’s rights activist, brother shot dead
Aljazeera ^ | 12/24/2020 | AFP

Posted on 12/26/2020 3:17:00 AM PST by xomething

Gunmen on a motorbike have shot dead a women’s rights activist and her brother north of Afghanistan’s capital, officials said, as a wave of assassinations ravages the violence-wracked country.

“Unknown gunmen on motorbike assassinated Freshta Kohistani in Kohistan district of Kapisa province,” interior ministry spokesman Tariq Arian told reporters on Thursday.

Kapisa provincial governor, Abdul Latif Murad, told AFP news agency the shooting took place near Kohistani’s home and that her brother was also killed in the attack.

Kohistani, 29, is the second activist to be killed in two days after a prominent pro-democracy advocate was gunned down in capital Kabul on Wednesday.

No group has claimed the attack so far.

Their murders follow a similar pattern seen in recent weeks, in which prominent Afghans have died in targeted killings in broad daylight, several of them in the capital.

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“Afghanistan is not a place to live in. There is no hope for peace. Tell the tailor to take your measurement, tomorrow it could be your turn,” she tweeted in November.

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TOPICS: Current Events; Islam
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; bot; islam; postandrun

1 posted on 12/26/2020 3:17:00 AM PST by xomething
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To: xomething

Religion Of Peace /s


2 posted on 12/26/2020 3:48:35 AM PST by duckman ( Not tired of winning!)
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This is the same kind of islam that democrats are importing into our country as we speak. He democrats know that islamic jihadists will murder their enemies and the democrats want them to.

JoMa


3 posted on 12/26/2020 4:54:04 AM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: xomething

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4 posted on 12/26/2020 7:57:49 AM PST by redinIllinois (Pro-life, accountant, gun-totin' Grandma - multi issue voter)
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To: xomething

Why would they shoot her BROTHER?

Ah yes, the second amendment “comma”.

Shouldn’t there have been TWO commas?

Afghan women’s rights activist, brother, shot dead.


5 posted on 12/26/2020 9:23:20 AM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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