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Afghanistan: Taliban attackers gun down boy in Kabul

| @indiablooms | Dec 12, 2021, at 07:07 pm

Kabul: The Taliban attackers gunned down a boy in Kabul city of Afghanistan on Saturday.

The boy was reportedly attending an engagement function when the incident happened.

The boy, Faisal (in his 20s) was shot by a Taliban fighter in Police District two of the Afghan capital Kabul, reports Khaama Press.

Eyewitnesses and his uncle of whom the slain Faisal was attending the wedding told the news agency that they were directed to stop for check post and they did but were shot at in the next one.

“We were returning from my engagement function and were directed to stop in a check post of the Taliban in Quwa-e-Markaz. We stopped and were searched by the Taliban and then they allowed us to go, when we went there were four other Taliban who started shooting and shot killed Faisal.” Faisal’s uncle said.

Spokesperson of the Ministry of Interior Affairs Saeed Khostai confirmed the incident to Khaama Press and added that two culprits have been arrested and are under investigation.

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