Hanifa Safi
| Hanifa Safi | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Died | 13 July 2012 |
| Occupation | Fmr. Head of Afghanistan's Women's Affairs Ministry in Laghman Province, Afghanistan |
| Religion | Islam |
Hanifa Safi (died 13 July 2012) was the regional head of the Women's Affairs Ministry for Laghman Province, Afghanistan, since 2008. She worked on cases concerning violence against women, supporting the women to overcome the violence. On July 13, Hanifa Safi was killed by a bomb attached to her car, also wounding her husband and her daughter, while driving through Laghman's capital Mehtar Lam. Mehtar Lam lies roughly 150 km (93 miles) north-east of Kabul. The assassination was widely condemned including by the United Nations.[1] In 2006, in a similar case, the regional head for Women's Affairs in Kandahar Province was gunned down by the Taliban.[2]
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References
- ↑ "Hanifa Safi, Head Of Women's Affairs In Afghan East, Killed By Bomb". Huffington Post. 2012-07-13.
- ↑ "Afghanistan must stop the murder of its female leaders". The Guardian. 2012-07-17.