Two Afghan female judges shot dead in Kabul ambush

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    Two female Afghan judges have been shot dead in Kabul, after gunmen targeted their car when they were on their way to work.

    The attack was the latest in a recent wave of assassinations.

    The violence comes as the United States continues to reduce troop numbers in Afghanistan.

    Al Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid reports.

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    Al Jazeera English YouTube Channel

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    Occupying 652,000 square kilometers (252,000 sq mi), it is a mountainous country with plains in the north and southwest. Kabul is the capital and largest city. The population is around 32 million, composed mostly of ethnic Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras, and Uzbeks.

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