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January 17, 2021 A commando of armed men opened fire and killed two female judges, who worked for the Supreme Court, in Kabul: the attack took place in broad daylight, yet another episode in a long trail of violence that is turning the A country that sees women, especially if educated and with top positions, pay a very high price.

In recent months, the country has been shaken by a new wave of violence, despite peace talks between the Taliban and the government;

in Kabul, a series of attacks on well-known personalities and high-level positions has sowed terror and chaos.



The attack on the two female judges comes two days after the US Pentagon announced it will reduce the number of troops in Afghanistan to 2,500, the lowest number in nearly two decades of war.

The two were in a car that took them to their workplace, a spokesman for the Supreme Court, Ahmad Fahim Qaweem, explained;

their driver was also injured. 



The Afghan Supreme Court, where about 200 female judges work, was the scene, in February 2017, of a bloody attack, in which about twenty people died.

In recent months, attacks on prominent personalities - politicians, journalists, activists, doctors and prosecutors - have continued without respite;

and this despite the ongoing peace talks in Doha, Qatar.

The government accuses the Taliban, who instead denied any involvement.

Some of these killings have been claimed by the terrorist group that is competing for control of the country with the Taliban, the jihadists of the Islamic State. 


#UPDATES The two Afghan judges worked for the Supreme Court and were attacked as they drove to their office in a court vehicle


Violence has surged across Afghanistan recently despite ongoing peace talks between the Taliban and government pic.twitter.com/R6OrwEIeix

- AFP News Agency (@AFP) January 17, 2021