Taliban militants have beheaded a human rights official in Afghanistan after abducting him, sources said on Thursday.

Abdul Samad Amiri, provincial acting chief of Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission in Ghor, had been abducted while he was travelling from capital Kabul to Ghor. He was stopped in Jalrez district of Maidan Wardak province.
Sources said that Amiri was killed on Thursday.
Ghor governor’s spokesman Abdulhai Khatibi confirmed that Amiri had been abducted by Taliban militants.