Saba Sahar, Afghan Actress, Director, and Activist, Shot and Hospitalized
Afghan actress, director, and activist Saba Sahar has been hospitalized after three men fired into her car while she was on her way to work in Kabul.
Sahar is one of Afghanistan’s best known actresses and first female directors—as well as a prominent women’s rights activist. She’s also a high-ranking police officer and vocal critic of the Taliban. She was recently promoted to a deputy position overseeing the special forces dedicated to gender issues, and has used her police experience to inform her films and documentaries.
Sahar’s husband, Emal Zaki, told the BBC that Sahar was in the car with four other people when the gunmen opened fire on the vehicle—the driver, two bodyguards, and a child.