Female judges shot dead in Kabul
International Desk Published: 17 January 2021, 04:14 PM
| Updated: 17 January 2021, 04:22 PM
Two women judges working for the Supreme Court were shot dead in Kabul on Sunday, according to officials.
The women were targeted by gunmen while travelling to their office in a vehicle, a court spokesman told AFP.
The deaths are the latest in a string of assassinations in recent months targeting journalists, activists and other political figures.
The violence comes as President Donald Trump continues a drawdown of US troops in the country - with only 2,500 left.
The Afghan vice-president told the BBC in an interview this week that the US pull-out risks more violence in the already unstable country.
Source: BBC
