Taliban fighters killed the couple outside their home, police said (Representation)
Ghazni:
An Afghan girl shot dead two Taliban fighters and injured several more after dragging her parents out of their home and killing them for supporting the government, officials said.
The incident happened last week when insurgents rushed into the home of Qamar Gul, a teenager from a village in central Ghor province.
The fighters were looking for his father, the village chief, local police chief Habiburahman Malekzada told AFP.
His father was a government supporter, which is why Taliban fighters went to his home and dragged him outside, Malekzada said.
When his wife resisted, Taliban fighters killed the couple outside their home, Malekzada said.
“Qamar Gul, who was inside the house, took an AK-47 pistol the family had and first shot the two Taliban fighters who killed his parents, then wounded a few others,” he said. he said.
Gul is between 14 and 16 years old, according to various officials. It is common that many Afghans do not know their precise age.
Several other Taliban fighters later came to attack his house, but some villagers and pro-government militiamen evicted them after a shootout.
Afghan security forces have now taken Gul and his younger brother to a safer place, said Mohamed Aref Aber, spokesman for the governor of the province.
Since the incident, social media has been inundated with praise for Gul’s “heroic” act.
A photograph of Gul, wearing a scarf and holding a machine gun in his lap, has gone viral in recent days.
“Hats off to his courage! Well done,” Najiba Rahmi wrote on Facebook. “The power of an Afghan girl,” wrote another Facebook user, Fazila Alizada.
“We know parents are irreplaceable, but your revenge will give you relative peace,” Mohamed Saleh said in his Facebook post.
The Taliban routinely kill villagers they suspect are government or security informants.
In recent months, militants have also stepped up their attacks on security forces despite agreeing to peace talks with Kabul.
