Unidentified armed men shot and killed a teenage girl in northern Afghan province of Kunduz Tuesday night, an official said on Wednesday.

"Three men armed with weapons broke into the house of Jamil in Shaheed area of Imam Sahib district at about 10 p.m. local time Tuesday, killing Jamil's 16-year-old daughter named Bibi Gul," head of provincial women's affairs department Nadira Kya told Xinhua.

The police have launched an investigation into the incident, she said, adding several officials with the women department will go to the district later Wednesday to find the motives behind the killing in the province 250 km north of capital city of Kabul.

Afghan women continue to suffer from domestic violence and harmful practices in the insurgency-hit country as the country's Independent Human Rights Commission has recorded more than 4,000 incidents of violence against women from March 21 to October 31 this year, according to the commission's officials.