Afghanistan: two women judges shot dead in central Kabul
At the scene of the murder of the two female judges, in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan.
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The black series continues in Afghanistan.
Two female judges were shot dead this morning in central Kabul.
They were driving to work when men on motorcycles shot at them.
No claim for the moment.
But targeted assassinations are often blamed on the Taliban.
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From our correspondent in Kabul
,
Sonia Ghezali
"
1% of female judges have been killed today in Afghanistan,
" wrote a representative of Human Rights Watch on Twitter.
The two judges murdered this morning were among the 200 magistrates in the Afghan Supreme Court.
They were in the vehicle transporting them to work when armed men opened fire on them.
These killings add to a long list of targeted assassinations against civil society activists,
journalists
, government employees killed by gunshots or in the explosion of their car bombs often hidden under the vehicle.
Pursuing peace in Doha
This campaign of terror began several months ago.
The Afghan authorities accuse the Taliban of being behind these assassinations even if some have been claimed by the Islamic State group.
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The Taliban and the Afghan authorities began the second round of peace negotiations in Doha, Qatar in a deleterious atmosphere earlier this month.
Some say the talks have stalled.
The United States, for its part, honored its commitment to the insurgents by further reducing the number of its troops.
They are only 2,500. Washington committed in February 2020 as part of an agreement with the Taliban to withdraw all of its troops by May.
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