|
Taliban karouse through Kunduz
Taliban Behead Two Kunduz Bus Passengers[ToloNews] Armed Taliban insurgents on Wednesday beheaded two passengers and left their bodies next to the road in Kunduz, officials said. Military officials said that security forces are trying to release the remaining hostages. In the early hours of Tuesday morning, the Taliban stopped a number of buses on the Kunduz-Baghlan highway and abducted almost 200 passengers. After interrogating each passenger, insurgents shot and killed 10. Over 160 were released during the day and a further eight were released on Tuesday night. On Wednesday, at least 10 hostages were still being held by the Taliban. Kunduz provincial council said the kidnapping showed that Kunduz is still a hot bed of Taliban activity. Civil society activists in Baghlan meanwhile put on a theater performance portraying Tuesday's tragic incident. "Every day civilians are victims therefore we put on the show in order to find out what government's responsibilities are. Is government responsive to the people or not?" they asked. Meanwhile residents in Kunduz raised concerns over the security of the province. "The passengers cannot travel safely on the Baghlan-Kunduz highway or come to Kunduz or go to other provinces. The security is very bad," said one resident. But security officials in Kunduz said they are doing everything possible to rescue the remaining hostages. "Our operations are under way to rescue other hostages," said Masoum Hashimi, Kunduz's acting police chief. Video report at the link Police rescue 10 abducted passengers in Kunduz, 8 still in Taliban custody  [Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Afghan cops have rescued at least 10 kidnapped passengers during an operation in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan.According to police sources in Kunduz, the passengers were rescued during a night raid in Shina Tapa area on Tuesday night. The sources further added that three Taliban gunnies who were keeping the hostages were also killed and operations are underway for the release of 8 others still in Taliban custody. The security officials are saying that the Taliban gunnies kidnapped the passengers from 4 buses, 3 vans and 3 cars and took them with themselves. Kunduz Appellate Court Chief wounded in Taliban attack  [Khaama (Afghanistan)] A heavy kaboom rocked Ghazni city earlier today after a group of Taliban jacket wallahs attacked the provincial court compound.A local security official confirmed that four holy warriors attacked the Appellate Court of Ghazni and were all killed during a shootout with the Afghan cops. The official further added that a policeman lost his life in the attack and the head of the court along with two other civilians were maimed. Provincial police chief Gen. Aminullah Amarkhel confirmed that a police lost his life and the Appellate Court Chief along with two civilians were maimed. The Taliban grabbed credit behind the incident and said a boom-mobile exploded near the court as a large number of police forces had gathered. The attack on Ghazni court comes as the Taliban group vowed to target the judiciary institutions following the execution of 6 holy warriors over terror offences by the Afghan government earlier last month. Posted by: badanov 2016-06-02 |
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=457789 |