Afghanistan has witnessed a surge in honour killings of women and female suicides in the past few days. Reports of violence against women were frequent in the past but despite the Taliban’s stifling of the media since retaking power last year, there has been a recent rise. In the past three days, local officials have confirmed that four women have been killed and two have committed suicide. The incidents took place in Faryab, Ghazni, Samangan and Bamyan provinces. Shamsullah Mohammadi, the head of the Taliban’s information and culture department in Faryab, told dpa that a man shot dead his sis…