Pakistan: Women's Rights Activist Fareeda 'Kokikhel' Afridi Shot Dead in Peshawar
Fareeda 'Kokikhel' Afridi, director of the Society for Appraisal and Women Empowerment in Rural Areas (Sawera), a Pakistani non-governmental organisation dedicated to women's rights, has been murdered in a tribal area.
Afridi was shot once in the head and twice in the neck, officials said. She was killed in the Khyber tribal region.
"She was on her way to the office when militants opened fire," Jamrud political administration official Asmatullah Wazir told reporters.
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