KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – As a result of a dispute and conflict between a father and son in Nangarhar, a young girl has been killed. Quraishi Badlon, head of information at the Taliban’s Directorate of Information and Culture in Nangarhar, said that the incident occurred yesterday (Friday, April 3) in the village of “Jokan” in Hisarak district of the province.
According to him, in this incident, a father, due to domestic violence, opened fire with a Kalashnikov at his son, during which his daughter was killed. According to Quraishi Badlon, the young girl was killed while she was trying to resolve the dispute between her father and brother.
He added that local Taliban forces have arrived at the scene and investigations are ongoing. This incident comes as similar cases have previously been reported in this province and several other provinces of the country. The main cause of most of these incidents is reported to be domestic violence.
The killing comes amid a wider pattern of violence against women and girls in Afghanistan. Rights groups and experts attribute much of the rise to the Taliban’s restrictions on women’s rights, the closure of shelters, and the elimination of protections established under the previous government.
In a similar case reported about two months earlier, Taliban authorities had said that a 20-year-old woman was killed by her brother in Samangan Province. According to spokesperson Hashmatullah Rahmani, the incident took place late at night in the provincial capital, Aybak, where the woman was beaten and then strangled inside her home. The suspect was arrested shortly after the incident, later confessed, and the case was referred to Taliban judicial authorities
All women’s protection centers operating before 2021 have been shut down, severely limiting access to safety and legal support for abuse victims.
According to Afghan Witness, a human rights monitoring initiative, at least 840 cases of violence against women and girls were documented between January 2022 and June 2024, including 332 killings. Experts emphasize that the real figures are likely far higher, as many incidents go unreported due to fear of retaliation, social stigma, and lack of reporting mechanisms.
