UNIDENTIFIED GUNMEN ON SUNDAY KILLED TWO FEMALE JUDGES FROM AFGHANISTAN’S SUPREME COURT, 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 THAT OCCURRED IN THE MORNING AS THE POLICE SAID IT HAS COMMENCED INVESTIGATIONS
MEANWHILE,AFGHAN PRESIDENT ASHRAF GHANI ISSUED A STATEMENT CONDEMNING ATTACKS ON CIVILIANS BY THE TALIBAN AND OTHER MILITANT GROUPS BUT A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TALIBAN SAID ITS FIGHTERS WERE NOT INVOLVED.
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, JOURNALISTS, AND ACTIVISTS HAVE BEEN TARGETED IN RECENT MONTHS, STOKING FEAR PARTICULARLY IN THE CAPITAL KABUL.
