Former Afghan lawmaker Mursal Nabizada and her bodyguard were shot and killed by unidentified assailants at her home in Kabul, AP NEWS reported, citing Kabul police..

Mursal Nabizada was one of the few female parliamentarians left in Kabul after the Taliban seized power in August 2021..

This is the first time a legislator from a previous administration has been assassinated in the city since the takeover..

Molvi local police chief Hamidullah Khalid said Nabizada and her bodyguard were shot at around 3am on Saturday in the same room.

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According to him, her brother and a second guard were injured.. The third guard fled the scene with money and jewelry..

She died on the second floor of her house, which she used as an office.. Khalid said an investigation was underway. He did not answer questions about possible motives..

Abdullah Abdullah, who was a senior official in Afghanistan's former Western-backed government, said he was saddened by Nabizada's death and hoped those responsible would be punished.. He called her "

Nabizada was elected in 2019 as the representative of Kabul and remained in office until the Taliban came to power.. She was a member of the Parliamentary Defense Commission and worked for a private non-governmental group, the Institute for Development and Research of Human Resources..