Monitoring Desk
HERAT: Taliban gunmen killed members of a family in Ghorian district of Herat province on Saturday night.
Jilani Farhad, spokesman of Herat governor told media that the incident occurred in the remote Chahgardana area of Ghorian district and police started investigation in this regard.
Security official told local media that five people of a family were killed by the armed supporters of local Taliban commander identified as Mullah Sangin. He added that a local resident identified as Abdullah wife eloped with another man and in response Abdullah kidnapped his father and mother-in-law and they were from the same tribe of Mullah Sangin.
The Taliban gunmen in reaction killed Abdullah and four other members of his family and freed the Abdullah’s father in law and mother in law, he added.
Meanwhile, Taliban spokesman, Qari Muhammad Yousaf Ahmadi claimed the responsibility for the incident and adding that Taliban killed five kidnappers and freed the abducted people including two women.
