Unidentified persons beheading a man, a woman and three children..a horrific crime in Afghanistan

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Provincial officials in western Afghanistan's Herat province said that unidentified assailants beheaded five members of one family in the province's Angel district.

Officials stated that the victims are a man, a woman and three children, according to the Afghan Khama Press Agency on Sunday.

Health officials at state hospitals said the children were aged four, six and eight and the woman was 20, while the dead man was of advanced age.

The motive behind the accident has not yet been revealed, but the media reported that an investigation into the accident had been launched.

On the other hand, two young girls were killed in Balkh province, in the north of the country, by unidentified gunmen.

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