A female employee of a clinic in Badakhshan's Jurm district was kidnapped last week and murdered after being raped, local sources told Afghanistan International.

A local source accused a Taliban member of kidnapping and killing the woman after she rejected his marriage proposal.

Nooria worked as a cleaner in this clinic and had lost her husband. Sources said that she had refused to remarry her husband's brother, which angered the alleged accused. According to them, this person is a member of the Taliban group.

Local sources claimed that Nooria’s brother-in-law kidnapped her from her home on September 30 and murdered her after raping her.

The health worker’s body was found near her home on October 7 after about a week.

Local Taliban officials in Badakhshan have not yet commented on the incident.