Woman decapitated in Afghanistan for 'shopping alone'

Sar-e Pol has been under Taliban control since 1998

A 30-year-old woman has been beheaded in an Afghan village for visiting a local market alone, according to local media.



“The woman was beheaded with a bayonet attached to an AK-47 after an argument with the Taliban in her remote village, which is part of the provincial capital,” Sar-e Pol Women's Affairs Head Nasima Arezo said.

According to national broadcaster TOLO news, Sar-e Pol official Zabiullah Amani said the incident took place in a village of Latti, Sar-e-Pol province in northern Afghanistan.



Amani added that the reason behind the beheading was that the woman, whose husband is currently in Iran, went shopping alone. He said the men who killed the woman were allegedly linked to the Taliban, but the group has denied any involvement in the beheading and no arrests have been made so far.

Sar-e-Pol has been under the Taliban control since 1998. Earlier this year, five female Afghan guards working in the airport in southern Kandahar were killed by unknown gunmen as they were on their way to work.



Last year, a mob in the Afghan capital killed a woman before setting her body on fire and dumping it into a muddy river in the heart of Kabul for allegedly burning a copy of the Holy Quran.

This article originally appeared on RT.