Unknown armed men gunned down former Afghan female parliamentarian Mursal Nabizada along with one of her bodyguards in her residence, Kabul police spokesperson Khalid Zadran confirmed yesterday.

"The gruesome incident happened in Ahmad Shah Baba Mina, a neighbourhood of Police District 12 of Kabul city, where unidentified gunmen stormed the house of Mursal Nabizada and sprayed bullets on Saturday night, killing her and one her bodyguards and critically injuring one of her brothers," Zadran told Xinhua.