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| Afghanistan |
| Former MP, Presidential election candidate found dead |
| 2015-03-13 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] Shahla Ata, a former member of parliament and a candidate of the presidential elections in 2009 – in which she did not succeed – was found dead at her residence in the 10th police district of Kabul city this morning. Kabul police confirming the death of Shahla Ata say that further details will be provided after the initial investigation and the provision of medical reports. Shahla Ata was Member of Parliament in 2005 and was one of the two female candidates who ran for the country’s presidency in 2009 but did not win. She belonged to the family of Sardar Mohammad Dawoud Khan and her father Sardar Ghulam Khan was an army general during the government of King Zahir Shah who was overthrown from power by his cousin Sardar Mohammad Dawoud Khan. Ata had said during her presidential campaigns that she will apply the policies of Sardar Mohammad Dawoud Khan if she wins the election. But Hamid Karzai who was the president of Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001 won the election and became Afghanistan’s elected president for the 2nd term. |
| Posted by:Fred |