Mursal Nabizada

Mursal Nabizada (Pashto: مرسل نبی زادہ; c. 1991-2023) was an Afghan politician, lawmaker and critic of the Taliban[1] who served as a Member of the House of the People from Kabul.[2]

Mursal Nabizada
Member of the House of the People
In office
2019–2021
ConstituencyKabul
Personal details
Bornc. 1991
Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
Died (aged 32)
Kabul, Afghanistan
Manner of deathAssassination by gunshot

Career

Nabizada was elected to the House of the People, the lower chamber of the National Assembly, to represent Kabul in the 2018 Afghan parliamentary election.[3] The inaugural session of the term was held on 29 June 2019.[4] She sat on the parliamentary defence commission. She served in the National Assembly until the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021 and was one of the few female members of parliament who stayed in Kabul after the takeover.[2][5][6]

Outside parliament, she worked for the Institute for Human Resources Development and Research.[2]

Personal life

Nabizada was born in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, in 1993.[7][8]

Death

At around 3 am on 15 January 2023, Nabizada was shot to death on the first floor of her home in Kabul,[9][5] along with one of her personal bodyguards,[10] by unknown assailants.[11] She was 32.[2] Her brother and a security guard were injured.[12] Another security guard fled with money and jewelry.[5] Her murder was the first of a Member of Parliament since the 2021 Taliban takeover.[13][14]

References
  1. Swan, Melanie. "Mursal Nabizada, former Afghan MP and critic of Taliban, is shot dead". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  2. "Mursal Nabizada: Gunmen kill former Afghan MP at home in Kabul". BBC News. 16 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  3. "The Results of Afghanistan's 2018 Parliamentary Elections: A new, but incomplete Wolesi Jirga". Afghanistan Analysts Network – English. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  4. "Election of the New Speaker of National Assembly of Afghanistan". www.asianparliament.org. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  5. "Former Afghan MP Mursal Nabizada shot dead in Kabul". The Guardian. 15 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  6. "Former Afghan lawmaker Mursal Nabizada shot dead in Kabul". Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  7. "Former female MP shot dead in Kabul by unidentified gunmen | Tajikistan News ASIA-Plus". asiaplustj.info.
  8. "Former Woman Legislator Of Afghanistan Shot Dead At Her House". ABP News. 15 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  9. Soni, Mallika (15 January 2023). "Ex-Afghan woman lawmaker, who stayed in Kabul after Taliban takeover, shot dead". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  10. "Former lawmaker Mursal Nabizada shot dead at her residence in Kabul". All India Radio. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  11. "Former Afghan Parliament member killed in Kabul: Afghan authorities". Asian News International. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  12. "Afghanistan: Former female lawmaker shot dead in Kabul". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  13. "Former Afghan female MP shot dead in Kabul home". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 15 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  14. "Gunmen Assassinate Female Former Afghan Lawmaker". Voice of America. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
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