Kabul, September 01: The Taliban militants cut off a man’s nose and ears for defying their diktat of not voting in the recently concluded presidential election in Afghanistan.
Taking the brutality to a new level in Afghanistan, the Taliban sent out a clear and chilling message by mutilating Lal Mohammad’s face on the day of voting on August 20.
Mohammad, recovering in a hospital in Kabul after the vicious attack by Taliban, now bears the scars that will never let him forget his decision to opt for ballot over bullet.
Mohammad, a father of eight, was attacked as he made his way to a polling station in a rural community in Daykundi in central Afghanistan.
The attack was one of a number of alleged reports of the Taliban mutilating people who sought to cast ballots in the electoral contest. Militants had warned Afghans not to vote and to stay away from the booths on polling day.
—Agencies