Mursal Nabizada ( ps, مرسل نبی زادہ; -2023) was an Afghan politician, lawmaker and critic of the

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who served as a Member of the House of the People from

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Career

Nabizada was elected to the House of the People, the lower chamber of the

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, to represent Kabul in the

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. The inaugural session of the term was held on 29 June 2019. She sat on the parliamentary defence commission. She served in the National Assembly until the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021 and was one of the few female members of parliament who stayed in Kabul after the takeover. Outside parliament, she worked for the Institute for Human Resources Development and Research.

Personal life

Nabizada was born in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, in 1993.

Death

At around 3 am on 15 January 2023, Nabizada was shot to death on the first floor of her home in Kabul, along with one of her personal bodyguards, by unknown assailants. She was 32. Her brother and a security guard were injured. Another security guard fled with money and jewelry. Her murder was the first of a

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since the 2021 Taliban takeover.

References

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