Daesh beheads 3 brothers in Afghanistan

Militants from Daesh have beheaded three brothers, all working in the medical profession, in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar, an official said yesterday.

Attaullah Khogyani, spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar, the main stronghold of Daesh in Afghanistan, said the brothers were killed in Chaparhar district on Saturday night.

The eldest brother Nisar Tareliwal, 27, was a doctor at a private clinic, the middle brother Nayeem, 24, was working as a vaccine campaigner and the youngest Abdul Wahab, 19, was a medical student.

Khogyani said the father of the victims, a doctor was beheaded last year by Daesh, which has acquired a reputation for brutality in the province, beheading prisoners on a number of occasions.

In a separate incident the Daesh kidnapped 11 farmers in Rodat district of Nangarhar province, although they later released two of them. There was no claim by Daesh about the two incidents.