Female journalist shot dead in Kabul

An Afghan official says that unidentified gunmen have shot and killed a female journalist and adviser to the country’s parliament in the capital Kabul.

Nasrat Rahimi, a spokesman for the interior ministry, saysthat Mena Mangal, a cultural adviser for the lower house of the parliament andformer TV presenter, was killed when she was on her way to work Saturdaymorning.

   

Rahimi said one or possibly more assailants escaped from thescene. Kabul police have launched an investigation.No one immediately claimed responsibility forthe attack.

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