Baku-APA. The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has sharply censured the death of over a dozen civilians at the hands of suspected Taliban militants in the war-ravaged country’s central province of Ghor, APA reports quoting Press TV.
On Saturday, UN Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan Nicholas Haysom described the execution-style killing of 15 civilians in the Ghor Province as “deeply troubling, especially when Afghans nationwide are preparing to celebrate Eid al-Fitr with their families.”
The UN official further offered condolences to the families of the victims, calling for a “prompt and thorough” investigation into the incident.
Late on Thursday night, suspected Taliban militants killed 11 men, three women and one child after stopping two vehicles in the Ghor Province.
The gunmen reportedly made the vehicles pull over and ordered everyone out. They later lined the passengers up on the side of the road and shot them dead one by one.
According to Afghan and UN officials, more than 2,500 Afghan civilians were killed and over 5,000 others wounded in Taliban-led attacks and violence last year.
The United States and its allies invaded Afghanistan in 2001 as part of Washington’s so-called war on terror. The offensive removed the Taliban from power, but years into the invasion, the country is still grappling with widening insecurity.
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