Girl, 15, ‘Beheaded’ In Afghanistan After Her Family Turned Down Marriage Proposal

Two men, named as  Sadeq and Massoud, have been arrested following the death of a teenage girl in Kunduz province, northern Afghanistan. Victim, named as 'Gisa', was beheaded by her cousin after she and her family turned down his marriage proposal.

Gisa was later attacked as she returned to her home in Kulkul village after going out to collect water from a nearby well.

Her father told a local news agency he had not wanted his daughter to get married because she was too young.

Afghanistan's Taliban regime - notorious for its oppression of women in the country - was ousted in 2001, but extreme violence against women is still rife.

In 2009 the Elimination of Violence Against Woman law was introduced in Afghanistan, criminalising child marriage, forced marriage, 'giving away' a girl or woman to settle a dispute, among other acts of violence against the female population of the ultra-conservative Islamic nation.