March 11, 2012: A day after armed attack on Malalai Joya’s office in Farah and injuring two of her guards, she spoke to journalists in a press conference in Kabul. She vowed that such terrorist attacks will never stop her from fighting for justice and democracy and against brutal fundamentalists and their foreign masters. (Photo: Facebook.com/joya.malalai)
A prominent Afghan women's rights activist says gunmen have attacked her office in a western province in an apparent assassination attempt.
Malalai Joya is a former Afghan lawmaker and vocal critic of corruption and criminality in the Afghan government, as well as the Taliban. She says the overnight attack on her office in Farah province was the sixth attempt on her life.
Joya says armed men tried to storm the compound late on night on Saturday. The attackers did not get into the building but two of her guards were seriously injured and are currently in the hospital.
Joya says she was in Kabul at the time but had planned a trip to Farah soon and news of that may have leaked out. She believes the attackers thought she was in the building.