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| Foreign woman shot dead in Kabul | Foreign woman shot dead in Kabul |
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| A foreign woman has been shot dead near Kabul University in Afghanistan's capital city, officials said. | |
| 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 was shot and killed by two men on a motorbike who then fled the scene, interior ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary told the BBC. |
| It was not clear what her nationality was or where she worked. Police are investigating the killing. | It was not clear what her nationality was or where she worked. Police are investigating the killing. |
| They say they do not know yet whether the attack was opportunistic or whether the woman was targeted. | They say they do not know yet whether the attack was opportunistic or whether the woman was targeted. |
| "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. | "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," he said. | "Some bullets hit her body and some hit her leg and when police got there she was dead," he said. |
| The woman was walking by herself in the morning when she was killed. | The woman was walking by herself in the morning when she was killed. |
| Foreign nationals are rarely killed in the Afghan capital. | Foreign nationals are rarely killed in the Afghan capital. |
| There have been three assassinations in the southern city of Kandahar in the past week, all carried out by men on motorbikes. | There have been three assassinations in the southern city of Kandahar in the past week, all carried out by men on motorbikes. |