Silk Way Weekly: Unknown gun men shot dead 17 Daykondi residents on Daykundi-Ghor Highway.
Local sources tell Silk Way that a number of residents of Sangtakht and Bandar district of Daykundi province were killed by four unidentified armed men today (Thursday, 23 Sept) while they were on their way to Ghor to welcome the pilgrims of Karbala.
In this event, 14 people were killed and 3 people were injured.
According to the sources, these people were residents of “Qaryudal” area of Sangtakht and Bandar district.
The victims of this event; include Nemat son of Chaman; Ishaq the son of Chaman; Dor Mohammad son of Amir Mohammad; Anwar son of Qasim; Awaz son of Sayedchopan; Ismat son of Mayel (or Mayeli); Ebrahim son of Arzi; Hussain son of Haider; Ali Muhammad son of Dor Muhammad; Mohammad Hassan son of Hussain Dad; Nurai son of Awaz; Chaman son of Sakhidad; Ali Hussain, son of Gholam Hussain and Abdul Manan, son of Abdul Qadir.
The people who have been injured in this event include Khan son Darmohamed; Javad son of a shepherd and Gul Ahmed son of Safdar.
So far, no individual or group has claimed responsibility for this attack.
Still, Taliban security officials in Daykundi and Ghor have not commented on this attack. However, Abdul Matin Qane, the spokesperson of the Taliban’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, confirmed this incident and said that several people were killed as a result.
Qane adds that he will share more and more precise details of the event with the media later.
Mohammad Tahir Zohair, the former governor of Bamyan, responded to this incident on his Facebook page and wrote: “Fourteen Hazara people were shot today in Ghor. Before this, several other murders had happened in the same place. That place means the ambush and killing place of Hazare men.
He added that now in Afghanistan, death is like a wandering ghost, only chasing the Hazara people.
Mr. Zohair also wrote: “Since killing the Hazara people does not have any consequences or serious follow-up, everyone, wherever they can, engages in this barbaric act.”
Referring to the Taliban’s claim of providing national security, Mr. Zohair wrote that security may be provided in Afghanistan, but not for the Hazaras.
After the Taliban returned to power, many attacks have been carried out on gatherings of Hazara citizens, from educational centers to religious ceremonies, and as a result, hundreds of people have been killed and injured.
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