There is news of the death of six children and two others injured in a controversial attack in the Ghajini province of Afghanistan. Officials are blaming the Taliban for the attack, while according to some local people, these children died due to air raids of Afghan forces. Ghajini police chief Mohammed Zaman told reporters that the attack on Taliban’s mortar on Friday took the children to their target in a village near Ghazni town. They said, “Children were playing outside their home when the Taliban’s motorcycles attacked them, in which six children died and two others were injured.”
Defense Ministry spokesman Mohammad Radmanish also blamed the Taliban for the attack, saying, “We have a clear belief that it was a rocket driven by enemy forces.” Our army has also killed a rocket-blast terrorist and his rocket has been seized. ” Although the locals claimed that the children became victims of air raids of Afghan security forces. Actually, the security forces have accelerated in their air operations in recent days.
Taliban spokesman Zaibullah Mujahid denied taking responsibility for the incident, claiming that seven people, including six children, were killed and six others were injured while four houses were damaged in the air raids of security forces. An official of the Ministry of Defense at Kabul said that three civilians were killed in an air strike near Ghajini but it is unclear whether children are included in them or not.
According to the latest UN report, between January and September last year, 2640 civilians were killed and 5379 others were injured. During this armed conflict, 689 children were killed and 1791 others were injured.
