Time.news – Mursal Nabizada, 32 years old, the former Afghan MP killed yesterday evening in her home in Kabul by armed men, she was originally from the province of Nangarhar, on the border with Pakistan. She graduated in business administration, she studied in Peshawar, in neighboring Pakistan, before returning to Afghanistan.
Elected in 2018, she had served as Kabul’s representative to the Wolesi Jirga – the lower house of the National Assembly – in the 17th legislature, taking office in 2019 when the Western-backed government in Afghanistan was in power and was overthrown by the Taliban in August 2021.
The politician had decided not to leave the country after the Taliban had taken power in Kabul. “A strong, outspoken woman who stood for what she believed in, even in the face of danger.
Beautiful Shaheed Mursal Jan speaks about her wishes for Afghan unity and peace. https://t.co/gA6MKuQEkR
— Mariam Solaimankhil (@Mariamistan) January 15, 2023
Despite being offered the option to leave Afghanistan, she chose to stay and fight for her people,” former MP Mariam Solaimankhil wrote on Twitter.