A former Afghan lawmaker and her bodyguard were shot dead by unknown assailants at their home, the Associated Press reported, citing police. Mursal Nabizada was attacked at her home in the capital Kabul, police said. She was one of the few MPs to stay in Kabul after the Taliban seized power in August 2021 following the US withdrawal.
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The incident also marks the first time a lawmaker from the previous administration has been killed in Kabul since the Taliban took power.
Local police chief Molvi Hamidullah Khalid said, according to the Associates Press news agency, that Mursal Nabizada and his guard were shot dead around 3 a.m. Saturday in the same room. Mursal Nabizada’s brother, a second security guard, was wounded in the shooting, while a third security guard fled the scene with money and jewelry, police said.
Mursal Nabizada died on the first floor of his house that he had been using as an office, police said, adding that further investigations are underway. The motive behind the shooting has yet to be determined.
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Mursal Nabizada was elected to represent Kabul in 2019. She held the position until the Taliban took power. She was also a member of the parliamentary defense committee and worked at a private non-governmental group, the Institute for Human Resources Research and Development.
