PR/CP(2008)121
29 September/septembre 
2008
 
Secretary General condemns assassination of afghan female police 
officer
 
The NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, 
condemns the killing of Mrs. Malalai Kakar by Taliban extremists on 
Sunday, 28 September 2008, 
in Kandahar 
City.  Mrs. Malalai Kakar was a leading police 
officer in southern 
Afghanistan and 
the first woman to join the Kandahar 
police force after the fall of the Taleban in 2001.
 
“This brutal and cowardly act demonstrates once again that 
the Taliban will use violence to oppose the advancements that women are making 
to take their full place in Afghan society. Our thoughts are with the family and 
friends of this brave policewoman who died serving her country.”
 
NATO-ISAF will continue to work in support of the efforts of 
the Afghan National Security Forces in bringing security and stability to 
Afghanistan.
 
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