KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban abducted and executed a female prison guard in the eastern Afghan province of Ghazni, officials and relatives said Monday, as the United Nations expressed concern over the war’s unending toll on civilians. Fatima Rajabi, 23, who had trained as a police officer, was pulled out of a civilian minibus on her way to her home village in the Jaghori district two weeks ago. After holding her captive for two weeks, the Taliban executed the young woman and sent her body to her family, her brother, Samiullah Rajabi, said. “My sister was shot eight times,” Mr. Rajabi said. There has been an increase of more than a fivefold in civilian casualties tied to abductions since last year, it said.

Source: New York Times July 27, 2020 17:26 UTC