--- description: A suspect is in custody title: American Woman Shot Dead in Kabul image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Afghanistan](/tag/afghanistan/) ## Afghanistan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # American Woman Shot Dead in Kabul by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 21, 2015 11:20 AM CUT by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 21, 2015 11:20 AM CUT KABUL, Afghanistan — An American woman was shot dead in her Kabul apartment building on Sunday night, a senior police official told NBC News. Lisa Akbari, a dual U.S.-Afghan citizen had been living in the Karte Char area of the Afghan capital for three years, the official said on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to journalists on the matter. A U.S. Embassy official confirmed Akbari’s death on Monday but declined to comment on the circumstances. “We offer our sincerest condolences to her family and loved ones on their loss,” the U.S. Embassy official said. “We are providing all possible consular assistance.” [Read more from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/american-lisa-akbari-killed-kabul-afghanistan-officials-n483686?cid=par-time%5F20151221 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4156752/american-woman-dead-kabul/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4156752/american-woman-dead-kabul/"},"headline":"American Woman Shot Dead in Kabul","datePublished":"2015-12-21T11:20:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:32:20.657Z","description":"A suspect is in custody","url":"https://time.com/4156752/american-woman-dead-kabul/","keywords":["Afghanistan"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/afghanistan/","name":"Afghanistan"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4156752/american-woman-dead-kabul/","name":"American Woman Shot Dead in Kabul"}}]}] ```