MPs urge Ottawa to help women lawmakers flee Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

An all-party group of MPs is calling on the Canadian government to help Afghan women who were lawmakers before the Taliban takeover get to safety.

Police in Kabul said Sunday that former MP Mursal Nabizada and her bodyguard were shot dead by unknown attackers.

She was among the few female parliamentarians who stayed in the capital city after the Taliban seized power in August 2021.