Four women killed in Afghanistan
The Hindu
Victims include a women’s right activist; two suspects arrested, confirm Taliban
Four women have been found dead in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, a spokesman for Afghanistan’s Taliban government said on Saturday, following reports that activists had been killed.
Two suspects have been arrested after the four bodies were found at a house in the city’s fifth police district, Interior Ministry spokesman Qari Sayed Khosti said in a video statement.
“The arrested people have admitted in initial interrogation that the women were invited to the house by them. Further investigations are under way and the case has been referred to court,” he said.
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