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.