Afghanistan: 30 civilians shot dead in Ghor province

[Khan_21]

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/...s-shot-dead-taliban-ghor-161026061821724.html

Officials blame ISIL for civilians' kidnapping and killing in Firoz Koh district of the isolated province.

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An official said the killings were to avenge the death of one of ISIL's commanders [Watan Yar/EPA]
Fighters have killed at least 30 civilians after abducting them in the remote Afghan province of Ghor, according to an Afghan police official.

Suspected ISIL fighters killed dozens of civilians on Tuesday in the Firoz Koh district in revenge for the death of one of their commanders, a provincial official told Reuters news agency on Wednesday.

"Afghan police killed a Daesh commander in Ghor province during an operation yesterday but Daesh fighters abducted some 30 civilians from near the provincial capital and shot them all dead in revenge," Abdul Hai Khatibi, a spokesman for the governor, said, using the Arabic acronym for ISIL, or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group, also known as ISIS.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

However, Abdul Hai Khateby, spokesman for Ghor's governor, told the Associated Press news agency that the fighters behind the attacks and abductions were a renegade Taliban group that swore allegiance last year to Afghanistan's ISIL group.

Ghor is one of the largest and most isolated provinces in the country. Its mountainous terrain and harsh winters have effectively sheltered it from the worst of the conflict with the Taliban.

 

[maximuswarrior]

Another problem arising in Afghanistan. ISIS has found a new headquarter. Pakistan should close its borders ASAP.

 

[Qutb-ud-din Aybak]

according to UN the 42% rise in civilian casualities is due to bacha baz afghan army.

 

[GiannKall]

Another problem arising in Afghanistan. ISIS has found a new headquarter. Pakistan should close its borders ASAP.

ISIS? Not Al Qaeda?

 

[Counterpunch]

Another problem arising in Afghanistan. ISIS has found a new headquarter. Pakistan should close its borders ASAP.

I don't think it will make much difference since ideology can cross over through the fences and trenches

However a plus for us is that we already have destroyed much of terrorist infrastructure so they will not get a plug-n-play environment. In addition Pakistan needs to improve the security capability of its forces in the house so they can respond efficiently i.e. Intelligence apparatus is already doing a very good job but the leads are not being acted upon efficiently.