By Xinhua,
Kabul : Taliban rebels fighting the Afghan government Wednesday night attacked several tribal elders’ houses in the Arghandab district of southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, an official said on Thursday.
Marai Khan, the district police chief told Xinhua that several groups of Taliban militants attacked the houses belonging to district tribal elders at the same time late Wednesday evenging, killing elder Haji Bacha and two sons of his.
“Seven more elders were captured by insurgents from their houses,” he said, “operation has been started for searching and rescuing the hostages.”
Taliban militants have carried out similar crimes before as they accused those tribal elders of having close relationships with the government.
Afghanistan has been the scene of increasing insurgency led by Taliban militants in terms of suicide bombings and ambushes though a 70,000-strong foreign troops are deployed.
Conflicts and Taliban-led insurgency have killed more than 2,500 people including over 700 civilians so far this year in the war-torn country.