An Afghan girl shot dead three
Taliban fighters after they killed her parents because they supported the government, local officials have said.
The incident happened last week when a group of 40 insurgents stormed the village of Geriveh, in central Ghor province, where 16-year-old Qamar Gul was living with her parents and brother.
Officials said the fighters, who were looking for Gul’s father, knocked on the door at 1am on 17 July.
“The insurgents came to their doorstep and her mother went to see who was knocking,” said Mohamed Aref Aber, a spokesman for the provincial governor. “When she saw that they were armed, she refused to open the door.”