Afghan police have arrested the former bodyguard of a female member of parliament who was shot to death at her home in Kabul last month, the Taliban administration said on February 17. Gunmen killed Mursal Nabizada, a lawmaker during the previous foreign-backed government, and her bodyguard in an attack at her home in mid-January. Police said they had arrested a former guard, who had confessed to the crime, but that the motive was not clear. To read the original story from Reuters, click here.
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