Afghan women's rights trailblazer survives gun attack

Afghan women's rights trailblazer survives gun attack
Roxanne Cooper
August 15, 2020Human Rights

Kabul (AFP) - Trailblazing Afghan women's rights campaigner Fawzia Koofi, a member of the negotiating team that will hold peace talks with the Taliban, has been wounded in a gun attack near Kabul, officials said Saturday.Gunmen opened fire on Koofi, 45, and her sister on Friday when they were returning from a meeting in the province of Parwan near the capital, interior ministry spokesman Tariq Arian told AFP.Koofi, a former member of parliament and strong critic of the Taliban, was shot in her right hand, he said, adding that she was in a stable condition.The Taliban denied they were involved ...

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