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Afghan Taliban shot two kids after father refuses to leave police job

Kabul, Oct 8 :Two schoolchildren including a nine-year-old girl  were shot dead by Taliban militants in Afghanistan after their father refused to quit his job as a policeman.  Henna and her 16-year-old brother Zelgai were

India TV News Desk Published : Oct 08, 2012 8:24 IST, Updated : Oct 08, 2012 8:27 IST
afghan taliban shot two kids after father refuses to leave
afghan taliban shot two kids after father refuses to leave police job

Kabul, Oct 8 :Two schoolchildren including a nine-year-old girl  were shot dead by Taliban militants in Afghanistan after their father refused to quit his job as a policeman. 




Henna and her 16-year-old brother Zelgai were killed by two gunmen on motorbikes  on Saturday.

The two were  playing inside their father's car Idgah area of Ghazni province, in south Afghanistan

"They were playing inside my car, and the Taliban probably  thought it was me in the car. They opened fire at the car and killed my children," the father, Zalmai, said.

He said the Taliban had warned him several times in the past that his family would be at risk if he did not leave his  police job.

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