February 05, 2026 06:21 am (IST)
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Afghanistan: Five women doctors shot dead by unknown gunmen
Kandahar, Dec 17 (IBNS): Five women doctors were killed by unknwon gunmen in Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Saturday, media reports said.
They are all employees of military hospital.
"Unknown gunmen opened firing on the vehicle carrying the doctors of the military hospital to their work," Afghanistan's Pajhwok Afghan News reported.
The attackers managed to flee after killing the driver and five doctors, the agency reported quoting source.
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