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A foreign woman has been shot dead near Kabul University in Afghanistan's capital city, officials said. A foreign woman has been shot dead near the 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. The police said she was a South African national working with a Christian charity called Serve Afghanistan.
They say they do not know yet whether the attack was opportunistic or whether the woman was targeted. Police said they did not know whether the attack was opportunistic or whether the woman was targeted.
The woman was killed while walking to work, the police said.
"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 BBC's Martin Patience in Kabul says this isn't the first time that a foreigner has been killed in the Afghan capital by armed men.
Foreign nationals are rarely killed in the Afghan capital. But the incident will raise further concerns about the security situation in Afghanistan, our correspondent says.
There have been three assassinations in the southern city of Kandahar in the past week, all carried out by men on motorbikes. In the past week, there have been three assassinations in the southern city of Kandahar, all carried out by men on motorbikes.