Teen shoots two Taliban dead with AK-47 after militants come to kill her parents
When the Taliban came to kill her parents, one Afghan girl took matters into her own hands, bursting from her home brandishing an AK-47 and killing two of the militants.
The Daily Mail reports that Qamar Gul, a teen aged between 14 and 16, wounded other fighters, too, after her mother and father were executed by the men for giving the government their backing. The incident occurred last week in Ghor, in central Afghanistan. Her late father was the chief of their village.
Habiburahman Malekzada, a police chief, said:
“Qamar Gul, who was inside the house, took an AK-47 gun the family had and first shot dead the two Taliban fighters who killed her parents, and then injured a few others.”
The Afghan government has now intervened and removed the girl and her brother from the home, after militants came back to the site looking for revenge.
The girl’s brave move has gained widespread attention on social media, with Twitter and Facebook users quick to praise her actions.
“Suffering exists only because weakness exists,” posted one user on Twitter, calling her a “Ninja Assassin.” Another said she was “a true hero.”
غور کې یوې نجلۍ دوه طالبان ووژل او نور یې له سیمې و ایستل https://t.co/nR9EmkbxxJ pic.twitter.com/cGlvQapYHl
— 1TVNewsAF (@1TVNewsAF) July 19, 2020
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Clashes have grown in recent weeks between Afghan government forces and Taliban insurgents after the government failed to free hundreds of jailed Taliban as part of a prisoner swap agreed by the warring sides.
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