According to reports, a 25-year-old woman was killed during a public execution carried out by religious clerics and local council in western Badghis province of Afghanistan.

Local authorities in Badghis province said the woman was executed for escaping from her home.
Head of the provincial media department for Badghis province, Mirwais Mirzakwal said the woman was 25-year-old and had escaped from her home with a stranger man in Ab-Kamari district.

Mr. Mirzakwal further added, the woman was sentenced to death by religious clerics and local council after she was found by her father in law family.

He said the woman was shot dead by her father after the religious clerics ordered her execution.
There are no reports regarding the fate of the man who had taken the woman with her.
Police officials are saying that investigations have been started in this regard and no suspect has been arrested so far.

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