Abdul Ahad Walizada, spokesman for Herat police, told Killid that a man killed his wife, Dardana, in Hawzkarbas area of Herat city last night.
Walizada added that the man has fled and the motive behind the incident is yet to be known.
Family violence, poverty, and drug addiction are the main causes of murder of women by their husbands in Herat.
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