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MP Fatima Aziz dies of cancer
(Last Updated On: March 12, 2021)
Fatima Aziz, a member of the Lower House of Parliament (Wolesi Jirga), has passed away due to cancer, her family members confirmed on Friday.
Fatima, 47, who represented Kunduz province, has died in hospital in Switzerland.
According to her family members, Aziz was suffering from cancer and was under treatment in Switzerland.
Meanwhile, President Ghani expressed his sympathy to Fatema’s family and called her passing a “huge loss.”
Fatima Aziz was a physician and surgeon and was born in 1973 in northern Kunduz province.
Aziz was one of the first women to be elected to the parliament in 2005. She represented her province in the Wolesi Jirga from 2005 to 2021.