More than 100 people have been killed in Afghanistan's Kandahar province. The Spin Boldak district, which is under Taliban control and where the Indian journalist Danish was killed, has been wreaked havoc by unknown assailants. Tolo News has given information about this attack. The Afghan government has blamed the Taliban for the attack. But the Taliban has refused to take responsibility.
Afghan security agencies said the bodies of several civilians were still lying on the ground in Spin Boldak. He said that the Taliban have looted people's homes and government offices here and destroyed public infrastructure. Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman Rohullah Ahmadzai said the attackers killed civilians without any reason.
Last week the Taliban captured Spin Boldak. According to reports, video footage released by France 24 showed how a large number of Taliban fighters wreaked havoc in the area. How these fighters have looted the houses present here and seized the vehicles of the government officials who have left the area.
According to reports, Taliban fighters have been seen on motorbikes, passing through the market and looting areas that provide direct entry to Balochistan in Pakistan. These fighters also waved the Taliban flag in a house.
A member of Kandahar's provincial committee said an unidentified assailant broke into his house two days before Eid and killed his two sons. A resident of Spin Boldak said that these attackers had said that they were not associated with any organization. But whoever they are, they should be punished. The Taliban has denied responsibility for the killing of these civilians.
Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said on Thursday that the US military has launched several airstrikes this week in support of Afghan security forces fighting against Taliban terrorists. These airstrikes have been launched in Kandahar.
Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was killed on 16 July during an encounter between Taliban and security forces in Kandahar, Afghanistan. He used to work for the news agency Reuters. Danish was covering the current situation in Spin Boldak district for the past several days. Even then the Taliban had said that, we do not know in whose firing the journalist was killed. We should inform any journalist visiting the war-torn area. We will take full care of him.
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