{"id":13104,"date":"2026-05-16T09:01:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T09:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/16\/two-arrested-five-women-killed-jawzjan\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T09:01:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T09:01:41","slug":"two-arrested-five-women-killed-jawzjan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/16\/two-arrested-five-women-killed-jawzjan\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Arrested After Killing of Five Women in Jawzjan Province"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taliban security officials in Jawzjan province have announced the arrest of two individuals in connection with the killing of five members of a family in Sheberghan city. The incident occurred in the fourth security district of Sheberghan.<\/p>\n<p>According to an issued statement, unidentified armed men stormed a residential home, killing five family members with Kalashnikov gunfire and injuring two others. Reports indicate that all five victims were women.<\/p>\n<p>So far, the motive behind the attack remains unclear. The Taliban administration has also not provided detailed information regarding the identities of the detainees or more specifics about the incident.<\/p>\n<p>This event takes place amid growing public concern over an increase in mysterious killings and abductions since the Taliban took control. Just days ago, the bodies of two women were discovered in Kabul, further heightening worries about security, especially for women.<\/p>\n<p>Security experts emphasize that clarifying such cases and ensuring accountability by responsible authorities are crucial for restoring public trust and preventing similar incidents across different regions of the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two arrested after five women were killed in Sheberghan, Jawzjan. The Taliban investigate amid rising concerns over mysterious killings and abductions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-security-incidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}