A head teacher has been decapitated in an attack in the southern Afghan province of Zabul, local officials say. Provincial education director Mohammad Nabi Khushal blamed Taleban militants for the killing, which took place in the Zabul capital, Qalat. The dead man, Abdul Habib, was the headmaster of the Shaikh Mati High School in Qalat. Reports of the attack come after a similar incident in another southern province, Helmand, 10 days ago. Correspondents say violence against teachers has been linked to opposition from Taleban groups against girls attending school. Attacks linked to insurgency, mostly in southern and eastern Afghanistan, left more than 1,400 people dead in 2005 - the country\'s bloodiest year since US-led forces ousted the Taleban in late 2001. (BBC)