Nato prepared to hunt Taliban fighters who executed woman for adultery Troops and police had been sent to the area, the governor of Parwan said, but the killers had escaped, perhaps by wearing women's burkas. His spokesman said the manhunt would be hampered by mountainous terrain in the area. Parwan province has long been considered relatively safe, but security has slid in the past two years. A spokesman for Nato forces in Kabul said they had not yet been called on by the Afghans for help with the search. Hamid Karzai ordered his security officials to police to "not to spare any efforts in arresting and punishing the perpetrators." He added: "The murder of a woman who has had no voice to raise for her self-defence against the weapon and brutality of a number of criminals is a clear symbol of the cowardice and wickedness of her murderers." In the mobile phone footage, a man is seen reading verses from the Koran condemning adultery, before saying: "We cannot forgive her, God tells us to finish her. Juma Khan, her husband, has the right to kill her.