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| Foreign woman shot dead in Kabul | Foreign woman shot dead in Kabul |
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| A foreign woman has been shot dead near 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. |
| The police said she was a South African national working with a Christian charity called Serve Afghanistan. | The police said she was a South African national working with a Christian charity called Serve Afghanistan. |
| Police said they did not know 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. | 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 BBC's Martin Patience in Kabul says this is not the first time that a foreigner has been killed in the Afghan capital by armed men. | The BBC's Martin Patience in Kabul says this is not the first time that a foreigner has been killed in the Afghan capital by armed men. |
| But the incident will raise further concerns about the security situation in Afghanistan, our correspondent says. | But the incident will raise further concerns about the security situation in Afghanistan, our correspondent says. |
| In the past week, there have been three assassinations in the southern city of Kandahar, 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. |
| Serve Afghanistan is a UK registered charity whose foreign staff are volunteers. It focuses on education and training for people with disabilities. | Serve Afghanistan is a UK registered charity whose foreign staff are volunteers. It focuses on education and training for people with disabilities. |