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To: Mr. Palau who wrote (11854)	9/25/2006 10:09:31 AM
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Afghan provincial women's affairs chief killed [Religion of Peace Alert] Reuters via Yahoo! ^ \| September 25, 2006 \| Mirwais Afghan news.yahoo.com Gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead the head of a women's department in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar on Monday, a security official and a relative said. The Taliban, who have killed numerous government officials as part of their war against the government and foreign forces supporting it, claimed responsibility for shooting Safia Ama January Ama Jan was on her way to work, getting into a car outside her house, when the gunmen struck, said her nephew, who identified himself as Farhad. "She died on the spot," he told reporters. Farhad declined to speculate on the identity or motive of the gunmen, except to say: "We had no personal enmity with anyone." Ama Jan had served as the head of the province's women's affairs department since shortly after U.S.-led troops overthrew the Taliban in 2001. A security official said no arrests had been made and an investigation had been launched. The United Nations condemned the killing. "UNAMA is appalled by this senseless murder of a woman who was simply working to ensure that all Afghan women play a full and equal part in the future of Afghanistan," said U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan spokesman Aleem Siddique. Kandahar was the Taliban's main bastion of support during the 1990s when the militia emerged from Islamic schools on the Pakistani border and swept to power in Kabul. The province is at the heart of an increasingly vicious Taliban insurgency. A Taliban commander, Mullah Hayat Khan, said Ama Jan was killed because she worked for the government. "We have told people time and time again that anyone working for the government -- including women -- will be killed," Khan said by telephone from an undisclosed location. Police in the eastern town of Khost said two apparent suicide bombers had been killed in a blast. Residents said a U.S. military convoy had been attacked but there was no word on casualties among the troops. U.S. military spokesmen were not immediately available for comment.