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- ↑ "Hanifa Safi, Head Of Women's Affairs In Afghan East, Killed By Bomb". Huffington Post. 2012-07-13.
- ↑ "Afghanistan must stop the murder of its female leaders". The Guardian. 2012-07-17.
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