Afghan police: Man kills wife for giving birth to daughter instead of son
Nematullah Sarfraz, for CNN
Updated 9:02 AM EST,
Tue January 31, 2012
File photo of women near the city of Kunduz, Afghanistan, where police say a man strangled his wife for not bearing him a son.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
NEW: Women's rights are deteriorating in Afghanistan, a rights activist says
The mother of accused husband says her daughter-in-law committed suicide
Sher Mohammed and his 22-year-old wife had three daughters
The mother, who allegedly beat her daughter-in-law, was arrested, but her son fled, police say
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http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/31/world/asia/afghanistan-strangulation/index.html