Over 100 civilians killed in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, govt blames Taliban

More than 100 people were reportedly killed by unidentified gunmen in Spin Boldak district of Afghanistan's Kandahar province, which is under the control of the Taliban, TOLO News reported has citing sources.

Tolo News reported that the Afghan ministry of interior blamed the Taliban for the killings of the civilians in Spin Boldak and said they were murdered without any reason.

“The brutal terrorists on the order of their Punjabi bosses (Pakistan) ambushed the homes of the innocent Afghans in certain areas of Spin Boldak, looted the homes and martyred 100 innocent people. This unveils the real face of the cruel enemy,” Mirwais Stanekzai, a spokesperson for the ministry of interior, was quoted as saying by Tolo News, Hindustan Times reports.

“They (Taliban) conduct these acts on the orders of their masters, they want to give the colour of an ethnic war to their proxy war,” Stanekzai said.

Afghan security agencies have said that the bodies of several civilians are still lying on the ground in Spin Boldak. “They (Taliban) even resorted to the looting of the homes of civilians and government offices including the destruction of public infrastructure,” Rohullah Ahmadzai, a spokesperson for the ministry of defence, said, according to TOLO News. “They also assassinated the civilians,” Ahmadzai added.