RASC News Agency: Reports from Baghlan province reveal that a young man fatally stabbed his mother and critically injured his sister in a violent domestic dispute. According to sources, the incident occurred on Thursday night November 28, in the Siyah Sang area of Khwaja Khijran district. The suspect, identified as Nazir, reportedly attacked his mother and sister following a disagreement over his sister’s intended marriage to their cousin.
Sources indicated that Nazir vehemently opposed the marriage, while his mother insisted on proceeding with it, leading to the violent confrontation. Nazir’s mother succumbed to her injuries, and his sister sustained severe wounds. The Taliban’s Baghlan police command has confirmed the incident and reported that the assailant has been apprehended. Shir Ahmad Burhani, spokesperson for the Taliban police in Baghlan, claimed that preliminary investigations suggested the victim was accused of moral impropriety by her son. However, close family sources have categorically dismissed these accusations as unfounded.
Nazir, originally from Espich village in the Banu Andarab district, was a university student pursuing a degree in economics at Badakhshan University. Family sources disclosed that Nazir lost his father 17 years ago, and his mother subsequently remarried his uncle. The dispute reportedly stemmed from the engagement of Nazir’s stepsister to another cousin, a union Nazir strongly opposed. This heartbreaking incident is part of a broader pattern of escalating domestic violence in Afghanistan. Over the past week, numerous provinces have reported similar cases of family violence, resulting in several women losing their lives.
