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Former journalist Mina Mangal was shot in Afghanistan in broad daylight. She was on her way to her job as an advisor to the Afghan parliament's cultural affairs commission. She had posted on Facebook days before that she had received death threats. Activists are raising the alarm in Afghanistan as the US holds peace talks with the Taliban, as they prepare to move out of the country. Under the Taliban, women’s rights were severely restricted. Reporters Without Borders also listed Afghanistan as the deadliest place for journalists in 2018.

Gunmen stormed a compound in Kabul.