Local Taliban officials in Faryab province confirm that three young girls in the province have been wounded in the chest by their brothers.
Shamsullah Mohammadi, director of information and culture at Faryab, told the Etlat-e-Rooz newspaper that the incident took place afternoon today (Wednesday, April 25) in Maimana, the capital of the province.
He explained that the girls were first taken from their residence in the third district of Maimana by their two brothers and another person to an area on the outskirts of the city, and then wounded with a shotgun.
Shamsullah Mohammadi added that the girls have now been transferred to Faryab Provincial Hospital for treatment.
The motive for this case has not been determined yet.
But the head of Taliban intelligence and culture in Faryab said the perpetrators had been arrested and had confessed to their "crime".