Rouh Gul Khairzad

Rouh Gul Khairzad (born 1974 in Kang District, Nimruz Province) is an Afghan politician and senator of the Meshrano Jirga. A teacher for 28 years, Khairzad was elected to the Meshrano Jirga in 2010 from the area of Nimroz, and is one of a number of female elected politicians in Afghanistan. She is the head of the Meshrano Jirga's defense and internal security commission.

In August 2013, Khairzad and her husband survived a Taliban ambush on a highway in Ghazni Province which killed her eight-year-old daughter as well as her driver; Khairzad, who was on the way from Kabul to her home province of Nimruz to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, was shot and wounded in the assassination attempt.[1] The United Nations condemned the attack.[2]

References
  1. Feminist Wire (8 August 2013). "Afghan Senator Shot In Taliban Assassination Attempt". Ms. Magazine.
  2. Press release (8 August 2013). "UN mission condemns attack on female Afghan senator and family". United Nations.


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