Taliban kill abducted schoolteacher in Herat

Salaam Times

HERAT -- Taliban militants killed one of five schoolteachers they abducted Thursday (March 29) in Herat Province, TOLOnews reported Friday (March 30).

The Taliban kidnapped the teachers from a village in Shindand District, according to Jilani Farhad, a spokesman for the provincial governor.

The militants killed one of the teachers later that day, said Farhad, adding that the whereabouts of the other missing teachers is unknown.

Social media users Friday circulated a photo of the deceased teacher showing him at a protest in the province before his abduction.

The Taliban did not immediately comment.

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