Taliban militants abducted a son of a district police chief in Helmand province of southern Afghanistan and beheaded him, a linked source said Sunday.

"Taliban insurgents kidnapped my 14-year-old son from Haiderabad village in Sangin district on Saturday and beheaded him, " Sangin district police chief Ghulam Wali told Xinhua.

The militants are the enemies of Afghanistan and humanity as they have no mercy to human beings and even to children, he added.

Taliban insurgents have beheaded some kidnapped civilians and quite a lot of persons allegedly spying for international and Afghan troops.

Source: Xinhua