On Sunday morning, gunmen killed two female judges on a street in a central Kabul neighborhood.

The women worked for Afghanistan’s Supreme Court. Shaharzad Akbar, the chair of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, wrote on Twitter “what seems to be a systematic massacre & the world seems to be just watching.” 

The attack on the judges happened as they were traveling to their office in a court vehicle, Ahmad Fahim Qaweem, a spokesman for the court told AFP. 

"Unfortunately, we have lost two women judges in today's attack. Their driver is wounded," Qaweem said. 

Kabul police confirmed the attack. Afghanistan's Supreme Court was a target in February 2017 when a suicide bomb ripped through a crowd of court employees, killing at least 20 and wounding 41. In recent months, several prominent Afghans -- including politicians, journalists, activists, doctors, and prosecutors - have been assassinated in often brazen daytime attacks in Kabul and other cities. 

 Afghan officials have imputed the Taliban for the attacks, a charge the radical group has refused.