Afghan activist killed, the first since the takeover of the Taliban

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06 November 2021 She was killed after the Taliban took power last August: she is a 29-year-old economics professor and activist. Frozan Safi's body, who disappeared since 20 October, was identified in the morgue of Mazar-i-Sharif, in northern Afghanistan. but together with her, 3 other activists were killed, found next to her body, the generalities are still being investigated: all found in a house. This was reported by a Taliban spokesman, Qari SayedKhosti, underlining that two suspects have been arrested. According to the first investigative findings, the women were "invited into the house by the suspects" 

Frozan was identified by his sister, Safi: "We recognized her by her clothes: the bullets destroyed her face", according to the British newspaper The Guardian. Frozan Safi was only 29 years old but was very active on the civil rights front in the country, the first defender of women's rights and university professor of economics, she had disappeared since the end of October. 

Human Rights Watch said Taliban rules prohibit most women from operating as humanitarian workers in the country, hastening a looming humanitarian disaster. Girls are effectively banned from secondary school, the new government is all male, and women have been excluded from most sports and work.

Late last month, Frozan allegedly received a call from an anonymous number telling her to gather evidence of her work as a rights advocate and leave for a shelter. Frozan believed his asylum claim in Germany was pending. She put documents in a bag and left the house. Since then, there has been no news of Frozan, until his body was found in the morgue.

According to The Guardia da Zahra - another protest organizer who spoke to the newspaper using a single name for security reasons - "The extremists have carried out a largely violent crackdown on dissent, beating women with electric batons and detaining and torturing journalists following national protests by women who demand the restoration and protection of their rights.