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Top Afghanistan female police officer killed | |
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A top female police officer has been shot dead in Afghanistan's Helmand province, officials say. | |
Lt Islam Bibi was ambushed by unknown attackers as she left her home in the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah, a spokesman for Helmand police said. | |
The commander of 32 female police officers, Lt Bibi, 37, was known as a role model for other women in the conservative province. | |
Her death came as four girls were also killed in a roadside blast in Helmand. | |
Lt Bibi was on a motorbike alongside her son-in-law when she was wounded in the gun attack. She later died in hospital, officials say. | |
Like most Afghan women in rural areas of Afghanistan, Lt Bibi had struggled to work outside the home, says the BBC's Bilal Sarwary in Kabul. | |
Meanwhile, the four girls, said to be aged between seven and 12, were attending a wedding in Lashkar Gah and had gone to collect water from a stream when the explosives detonated. | |
Last month Afghan forces assumed security responsibility for the whole country ahead of Nato's departure. Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are one of their biggest challenges. | |
Helmand is one of Afghanistan's most volatile provinces. | Helmand is one of Afghanistan's most volatile provinces. |
Correspondents say that civilian casualties in the south have increased recently, and many of those are due to the use of improvised explosives by the militants. | Correspondents say that civilian casualties in the south have increased recently, and many of those are due to the use of improvised explosives by the militants. |
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