Unknown armed men attacked a house in Farish village of Garziwan district of Faryab province on the night of Sunday, November 20, residents tell Zan Times.
The men entered the house by breaking down the gate and then shot the woman, explained a resident, who asked not to be named. “The woman was murdered while she was staying with her mother at her uncle’s house,” another resident adds.
Though the Taliban confirmed the woman’s death, they also said that no one has been arrested in connection with this murder.
Violence against women is said to have increased after the Taliban dismantled all legal, and institutional support for victims and survivors of domestic violence. The Taliban have dismantled the ministry of women’s affairs and the Independent Human Rights Commission, thus wiping out systems that tracked and helped women dealing with violence, including the shelter system.
