Samid Khan Bahadarzai bodies (25), who works for a local radio station in the town of Urgun, was found Tuesday night near his home a few hours after he received a telephone.
"We're still investigating to find out who is behind this brutal beheadings, but he was killed after receiving phone calls from someone who asked him out," said provincial police chief, Dawlat Khan Zadran, told AFP.
Journalists in the past targeted by Taliban militants who reject their coverage, but a Taliban spokesman told Afghan Islamic Press news agency, they are not masterminded the murder Bahadarzai.
"The Mujahideen have never killed a journalist," said Zabiullah Mujahid. "The Taliban could resolve the issue with reporters to talk directly with them."
In 2007, journalist and translator Ajmal Naqshbandi was beheaded Afghanistan after falling behind when an Italian journalist freed by the Taliban.
Escalating conflict in Afghanistan with military and civilian deaths reach highest level last year when Taliban violence waged in the traditional territory extends from the south and east to areas west and north of the former stable.
A total of 711 foreign soldiers have been killed in the war in Afghanistan during the year 2010, making it the deadliest year for foreign troops, according to an AFP tally based on independent website icasualties.org.
The number of civilian deaths also increased, and the Afghan Interior Ministry announced that 2043 civilians were killed in 2010 due to Taliban attacks and military operations aimed at militants.
Taliban, who ruled Afghanistan since 1996, fueling insurgency since ousted from power in that country by US-led invasion in 2001 for refusing to hand over Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, is allegedly responsible for attacks on American soil that killed about 3,000 people in 11 September 2001.
About 130,000 personnel International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) from dozens of countries are in Afghanistan to help the Kabul government and its allies fight the Taliban insurgency.
Around 521 foreign soldiers have been killed during 2009, which made the year as a year deadliest for international troops since the US-led invasion in 2001 and made the Western public support for the war drops.
Taliban militants rely heavily on the use of roadside bombs and suicide attacks against Afghan government and foreign troops stationed in the country.
Homemade bombs known as IEDs (improvised explosive device) resulted in 70-80 percent of casualties on U.S. forces in Afghanistan, according to the military.
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