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A foreign woman has been shot dead near Kabul University in Afghanistan's capital city, officials said. A woman working for a UK-registered charity has been shot dead near Kabul University in the Afghan capital.
The woman was shot and killed by two men on a motorbike who then fled the scene, interior ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary told the BBC. The woman, a joint UK and South African national, was killed by two men on a motorbike, interior ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary told the BBC.
The police said she was a South African national working with a Christian charity called Serve Afghanistan. She was working for a Christian charity called Serve Afghanistan.
Police said they did not know whether the attack was opportunistic or whether the woman was targeted. The Taleban are reported to have said they carried out the attack because they said her organisation was preaching Christianity.
The woman was killed while walking to work, the police said. The woman was killed while walking to work, police said. Her identity has not been revealed.
"Two armed men sitting on a motorbike shot her dead. The perpetrators have run away and the police are working to find them," news agency AFP quoted Mr Bashary as saying. "Some bullets hit her body and some hit her leg and when police got there she was dead," Mr Bashary told the AFP news agency.
"Some bullets hit her body and some hit her leg and when police got there she was dead," he said.
The BBC's Martin Patience in Kabul says this is not the first time that a foreigner has been killed in the Afghan capital by armed men.The BBC's Martin Patience in Kabul says this is not the first time that a foreigner has been killed in the Afghan capital by armed men.
But the incident will raise further concerns about the security situation in Afghanistan, our correspondent says.But the incident will raise further concerns about the security situation in Afghanistan, our correspondent says.
In the past week, there have been three assassinations in the southern city of Kandahar, all carried out by men on motorbikes.In the past week, there have been three assassinations in the southern city of Kandahar, all carried out by men on motorbikes.
Serve Afghanistan is a UK registered charity whose foreign staff are volunteers. It focuses on education and training for people with disabilities. Serve Afghanistan is a UK registered charity whose overseas staff are volunteers. It focuses on education and training for people with disabilities.