Female Afghan MP shot in Kabul

A female member of Afghanistan's parliament was recovering in hospital Wednesday after being shot the previous night, officials and her sister said. The interior ministry said Mariam Koofi, a member of parliament from the northeastern province of Takhar, was shot in Kabul by a member of the security forces following an argument. It said police have detained a suspect and are investigating the motive behind the attack. But her sister Fawzia Koofi, who is also a member of parliament and a prominent defender of women's rights, said she was not certain who the attacker was. "I am not sure who may have been behind this attack, and I hope the interior ministry takes serious actions to punish the attacker," she said, according to AFP.