Woman beheaded in Afghanistan for leaving house without her husband
DUSHANBE, 29.12.2016. /NIAT “Khovar”/. A woman has been beheaded for visiting a city without her husband, officials in Afghanistan have said. It has been reported by British online newspaper «Independent».
It is reported that the 30-year-old was decapitated and stabbed to death on Monday evening in Lati in the Sar-e-Pul province of northern Afghanistan.
The Middle East Press claims a government spokesman told them Taliban militants killed her for the “infidelity act” of going shopping without a male guardian.
The Taliban, which occupies Lati, imposes fierce policies of discrimination against women which includes banning them speaking loudly in public and appearing in media.
Punishments have included public lashings and executions in football stadiums.
National broadcaster Tolo News reports that the provincial governor spokesman Zabiullah Amani said the woman’s husband is in Iran, and that they do not have children.
It also claims Sar-e-Pul women’s affairs head Nasima Arezo has confirmed the incident took place.
No one has been arrested and the Taliban have reportedly rejected any involvement.
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