FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): A local Taliban commander kidnapped a 26-year-old woman from her home in northeastern Badakhshan province overnight and shot her dead for refusing to marry him, police said Sunday.
Badakhshan police spokesman Sanaullah Rohani told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in Hawaran village of the Arghanj Khwa district on Saturday night.
The slain woman, Qurban Bibi, had been engaged to the Taliban’s group leader Mullah Yaqub against her consent. Yaqoub forcibly took the . . .
