FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Taliban militants shot dead two female police officers in the northern Afghan province of Badakhshan, a police spokesman in the northern region Mahfozullah Akbari said Thursday.
"Two female police officers went to their home in Spin Gul village of Argo district a couple of days ago to join their families but the Taliban insurgents after identification shot them dead on Wednesday afternoon," Akbari told Xinhua.
Taliban militants, who had outlawed education for girls and work for women outside home during their reign which collapsed in late 2001, are yet to make comment on the report.
Badakhshan province with Faizabad as its capital 315 km northeast of Kabul has been the scene of Taliban-led insurgency over the past few years.
