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Afghan Police: Man Killed Wife for Wanting a Job

Mohammad Anwar confessed to the stabbing, police say

By the Associated Press

Posted Oct 22, 2012 1:33 PM CDT

(AP) – Police say a man in western Afghanistan has confessed to stabbing his wife to death to prevent her from taking a job outside the home. Mohammad Anwar was arrested in the provincial capital for the murder; he said he killed his wife Ghulam during an argument Friday over whether she should work for a private company in the city. The woman's relatives disputed the account, saying Anwar was a drug addict who killed his wife because she didn't give him money. The killing comes less than two weeks after a woman was beheaded in the same city for refusing alleged demands by her in-laws to engage in prostitution.

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COMMENTS
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HANKHILL
Oct 23, 2012 10:46 AM CDT
nothing new here it is just the every day savage thing to do! as you know these are fun happy folks just like us!
apocalypso
Oct 23, 2012 8:32 AM CDT
LOL, I love how Americans pretend to really give a shit how any Afghan dies. Gun? "GOOD". Drone? "GOOD". Killed by another Afghan? "Oh, how terrible, such a tragedy."
TheProducer
Oct 23, 2012 1:00 AM CDT
hold the god damn phone.   Official story is he killed her because she wanted to get a job..... and the family tries to say he killed her because he was an addict and needed money and she woudln't give it to him.... but if she didn't have a job....  wait... nevermind.  this is senseless.  Trying to wrap your head around it will only give you a headache. 

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