Mother and Children Beheaded in Afghani Honour Killing
Posted: July 9th, 2012 | Author: Michael Courtenay | Filed under: Socially Engineered | Tags: Afghanistan, Domestic Abuse, Ghazni Province, Mohammad Arif, Ultra-conservative Muslim state, Violent Crimes Against Women, Women's Rights | Comments Off
A 30-year-old woman and her two children have been beheaded in Afghanistan’s east, police said, in what they described appeared as the latest in a rapidly growing trend of so-called honour killings. Officers investigating the case described it as an honour killing, a phrase used to describe the murder of mostly women and girls accused of sullying a family’s reputation.
Afghan women have won back some basic rights in education, voting and work since the severe rule of the Taliban was toppled just over a decade ago, although fear now mounts that freedoms will be traded away as Kabul and Washington seek talks with the Islamist group to secure a peaceful end to the war.
Police said they suspected the former husband of committing the horrific crime. According to a local police officer, the husband barged into the victims home – in the capital of Ghazni province – and murdered her, as well as their eight-year-old son and nine-year-old daughter :: Read the full article »»»»
