Gunmen kill two female Supreme Court judges in Afghanistan: police

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Source: Reuters

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JANUARY 17, 2021 4:55 AM UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO

Gunmen kill two female Supreme Court judges in Afghanistan: police

By Abdul Qadir Sediqi

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KABUL (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen killed two female judges from Afghanistan’s Supreme Court on Sunday morning, police said, adding to a wave of assassinations in Kabul and other cities while government and Taliban representatives have been holding peace talks in Qatar.

The two judges, who have not yet been named, were killed and their driver wounded, in an attack at around 8:30 am, police said, adding the case was being investigated by security forces. ... A spokesman for the Taliban said its fighters were not involved.

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Government officials, journalists, and activists have been targeted in recent months, stoking fear particularly in the capital Kabul.

The Taliban has denied involvement in some of the attacks, but has said its fighters would continue to “eliminate” important government figures, though not journalists or civil society members.

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Reporting by Abdul Qadir Sediqi; Writing by Charlotte Greenfield; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-attack-judges/gunmen-kill-two-female-supreme-court-judges-in-afghanistan-police-idUSKBN29M076

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[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. Two Afghan female judges shot dead in Kabul ambush

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Two Afghan female judges shot dead in Kabul ambush

Afghan officials blame the Taliban for the attacks, an accusation the armed group denies.

Two female judges have been killed by unknown gunmen in an ambush early on Sunday in Afghanistan’s capital. ... The attack on the Supreme Court judges took place as they were driving to work, Ahmad Fahim Qaweem, a court spokesman, said. Kabul police confirmed the attack.

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack and spokesman for the Taliban armed group Zabihullah Mujahid said the group was not responsible. ... Violence has surged across Afghanistan in recent months despite ongoing peace talks between the Taliban and government – especially in Kabul where a new trend of targeted killings aimed at high-profile figures has sown fear in the city.

The latest attack comes two days after the Pentagon announced it cut American troop levels in Afghanistan to 2,500, the lowest in nearly two decades.

In recent months, several prominent Afghans – including politicians, journalists, activists, doctors and prosecutors – have been assassinated in often brazen daytime attacks in Kabul and other cities.

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[no_hypocrisy]

2. Trump enabled this to happen by making a truce with the Taliban.

I don't care that the Taliman denied it. They also didn't protect the judges or condemn the assassinations.

[marie999]

4. What should we do in Afghanistan?

[former9thward]

5. How long do you want us there? Another 20 years?

[Polybius]

9. This is all on Bush, not Trump this time

Every US troop should be pull out of there.

[Karadeniz]

3. Could be that government by violence is not a good thing.

[Nitram]

6. They tried to tell us trying to democratize Afghanistan was a fool's errand, but would we listen?

No, we didn't. Add the US to the long list of Western nations that have tried to control or even influence Afghanistan and failed.

[scarletwoman]

7. Tragic.

[lonely bird]

8. Afghanistan isn't a nation

It never was, perhaps it never will be. At least not in the light of the concept of the nation-state. It is a collection of groups that occupy a geographic space-time and little beyond that.

Maybe someday after religionists are destroyed there may be the emergence of a nation.

But I doubt it.