Attackers behead Afghan headmaster - South and Central Asia - MSNBC.com

Attackers behead Afghan headmaster - South and Central Asia - MSNBC.com: "Jan. 4, 2006

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Militants broke into the home of an Afghan headmaster and beheaded him while forcing his wife and eight children to watch, the latest in a spate of attacks blamed on the Taliban that have forced many schools to close.

The insurgents claim that educating girls is against Islam and they even oppose government-funded schools for boys because they teach subjects besides religion."