MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): A man allegedly chopped off both ears of his wife during domestic violence in northern Balkh province, an official said on Tuesday.
Balkh police spokesman, Shirjan Durrani, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in Kushinda district. He said the man cut off both ears of his 21-year-old wife, Zarina, before fleeing.
Durrani said police were investigating the incident, but the accused remained at large.
Mazar-i-Sharif public hospital head, Dr. Noor Mohammad Faiz, said the woman was delivered to the hospital on Tuesday morning.
He said the woman’s ears had been cut off and she was in trauma, however, her condition was stable.
The victim, Zarina, said from her hospital bed that her husband suddenly woke up at midnight and attacked her and cut off her ears with a kife. “I haven’t committed any sin. I don’t know why my husband did this to me.”
Separately in another incident of violence, a youngster killed his uncle over a land ownership dispute in Balkh district, deputy police chief Brig. Gen. Abdul Raziq Qaderi said.
The incident occurred in Elamkhel area late on Monday and the accused had been detained and was under investigation now.
Women’s rights defender at Balkh attorney’s office, Fawzia Hamidi, had last month said incidents of violence against women decreased by 30 percent in Balkh compared to last year.
She had said they faced problems in investigating incidents of violence against women due to the presence of powerful armed individuals.
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