The Taliban's police command in Takhar has appointed a committee to investigate the killing of Gul Bibi, a 55-year-old woman who was recently severely beaten to death by the group's police chief in Darqad District.
Mubin Safi, a spokesman for the Taliban's police command in Takhar, said that the results of the committee’s findings would be presented in the future.
According to sources, Gul Bibi, a 55-year-old woman, was taken to a hospital after a clash with Taliban members over the ownership of a plot of land in Darqad, Takhar province, and died four days later in the hospital.
Local sources said that Omar Farooq, the Taliban's police commander in Darqad, had beaten the woman and a number of other women.
Gul Bibi's relatives have sent documents saying that these lands have belonged to the woman's family for more than 60 years and even their ownership of these lands has been approved by a high-ranking Taliban delegation.
Sources also report that the Taliban police chief also beat up Gul Bibi's husband.
Sources confirmed that Gul Bibi's family filed an official complaint against the Taliban's police commander in Darqad, demanding that the incident be investigated.
According to sources, although the Taliban's district governor has issued an order to investigate the incident, the Taliban's police chief in Darqad Takhar has torn up the request.
According to information received by Afghanistan International, the Taliban police chief also told the investigation team that Gul Bibi died due to a blood pressure disease and not as a result of physical assault.
