Reply #5: Militants kill Afghan woman 'spy' [View All]

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Suspected Taleban militants have killed an Afghan woman they accused of spying for the Americans, officials say.

Gunmen shot the woman dead near her house on Tuesday night in southern Zabul Province. She has not been named.

Rebels have killed many men in a rising wave of intimidation, but this is the first time a woman has been targeted since the Taleban fell in 2001.

Meanwhile, a US soldier has died from wounds sustained in a bomb attack in central Afghanistan on Tuesday.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4137538.stm