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| Afghan 'lovers' found beheaded |
| 2013-10-24 |
| [Pak Daily Times] A young couple in conservative southern Afghanistan have been found beheaded, apparently killed for having a love affair outside of marriage, officials said on Wednesday. Police investigating the case said they believed the family of the woman, aged around 20, was responsible for the murders in the southern province of Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... , a lawless hotbed of the Taliban insurgency. The elder brother of the male victim, who was in his 20s, told officers the woman had run away with him recently and was living in their family home. On Monday, 10 men broke into the house near the thriving provincial capital Lashkar Gah and kidnapped the pair, police official Mohammad Ismail Hotak told AFP. "On Tuesday, local residents reported that there were two bodies in the graveyard. We went there and found them. Both had their heads chopped off," he said. "From our investigations, we have found that the two had a love affair. We believe the family and relatives of the girl are behind the killing." The police official said the brother told Sherlocks the dead man had loved the woman and wanted to marry her. Omar Zwak, the provincial governor's front man, confirmed the incident and said an investigation was under way. |
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