AlQa'dah 10, 1434, Sep 16, 2013, SPA -- A top policewoman in southern Afghanistan died early Monday after being shot by unknown attackers, months after her predecessor was also slain. Sub-Inspector Negar, who like many Afghans goes by one name, was buying grass for her lambs outside her home on Sunday when two gunmen drove up on a motorbike and fired at her, said Omar Zawak, a spokesman for the governor of Helmand province. She suffered a bullet wound to the neck, and the attackers got away. Doctors tried to save her. But police spokesman Fareed Ahmad Obaidi said she died at 1 a.m. Monday. Zawak also confirmed her death, AP reported. Negar was the top policewoman in Helmand province, and worked in its criminal investigation department in Lashkar Gah city. She had taken over the duties of Islam Bibi, a well-known police officer who was shot dead in July by unknown gunmen. Bibi had told reporters her own relatives had threatened her for holding the job.
