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{{date|September 26, 2006}}
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Safia Ama Jan, the director of the Afghan Ministry of Women's Affairs for the Khandar province and an advocate of women's rights and a strong critic of the Taliban's repression of those rights, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen outside her home in Khandahar city in southern Afghanistan on Monday.
 
She is the first woman official to be targeted by the Taliban-led insurgency since its ousterwas from powerdeposed in 2001.
 
=== Advocate for Woman's rights ===
 
==Advocate for Woman's rights==
Safia Ama Jan taught at a girls' school and was a high-school principal in Khandar prior to the Taliban's coming to power in Afghanistan in 1996. When the Taliban regime banned education for girls and women working outside the home and , she ran an underground school for girls at her home, said her son, Naqibullah, speaking to the ''Associated Press''.
 
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guards and transport went unheeded by the government, according to local media reports. On the other hand, her nephew, Muhammad Asif told the ''New York Times'' that Ama Jan preferred to keep a low profile, using a taxi or public transport even though her office maintained cars and drivers.
 
=== Early morning shooting ===
 
Ama Jan was shot dead outside her house at about 7:30 a.m. local time on Monday, as she left for work in a taxi. The gunmen are believed to have left scene on a motorcycle, with tyre marks discovered by the police, said the provincial governor, Asadullah Khaled, who visited the scene. Ama Jan was shot four times with a pistol, Muhammad Haidar, who worked in her office told the ''New York Times''.
 
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Hundreds of men and women, including the Governor Asadullah Khaled were present the funeral on Monday evening, which took place in Khandahar's main Shia mosque.
 
=== Killing condemned ===
 
The killing has been strongly condemned by the Afghan President Hamid Karzai, as well as aid and human rights organisations in Afghanistan.
 
Aleem Siddique, a spokesman for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), said that UNAMA was "appalled at the senseless murder of a woman" who was working to ensure a full and equal part in the future of
Afghanistan for its women. He added, "We share the sentiment of the majority of Afghan people who are appalled at this killing."
 
Abdul Quadar Noorzai, head of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) for the Kandahar region told IRIN News that Ama Jan's death will have a "serious impact on women’swomen's activities in the south where women are already
suffering from ... the deteriorating security and conservative traditions,".
 
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Sonja Bachmann, a U.N. political officer who knew Amajan well told the ''New York Times'' that Ama Jan "did a good job, she worked in a very low-key way and worked hard to raise awareness about women's issues."
 
=== Claim of responsibility ===
 
Reuters and Associated Press recieved phone calls claiming responsibility for the attacks on behalf of Mullah Sadullah, a regional Taliban commander, but no confirmation of the claim has been possible.
 
Another caller, who identified himself as Taliban commander Mullah Hayat Khan told ''Al Jazeera'' that Ama Jan was killed becasue she worked for the government.
 
=== Attacks mount ===
 
The Taliban-led insurgency has stepped up attacks in recent months, killing hundreds of people this year.
 
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"People are scared, of course," Haidar said. "How can we feel secure when the head of our department is killed in front of her house?"
 
== Sources ==
 
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