Taliban Fighters Kill 1, Injure 5 Others For Playing PUBG Game in Eastern Afghanistan
Taliban fighters killed one person and injured five others after clashing with the relatives of a child for playing a banned mobile game, PUBG, in Paktia province.
Taliban fighters killed one person and injured five others after clashing with the relatives of a child for playing a banned mobile game, PUBG, in Paktia province.
The Taliban attacked the relatives of the children and shot them in the Zazai Aryob district of the province.
Local sources told Afghanistan International the incident took place on Wednesday and the Taliban arrested and tortured a nine-year-old boy for playing PUBG in Zazai Aryob district.
Local sources said that following the arrest of the child, the Taliban summoned his relatives too. According to the sources, after verbal tensions, the Taliban shot the child's relatives.
In this shooting, an uncle of this child had been killed and two of his other uncles had been wounded. Three other people injured in this incident are residents of the district.
Earlier, Taliban had banned the mobile game, PUBG, in Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, the Taliban police command in Paktia has confirmed that one person was killed, and five others were injured in this province. The Taliban police officials stated that these people had been killed and injured because of differences between two families in the district.
Sources said that after the incident, the local residents protested and carried the body of the dead man and displayed it in front of the Taliban governor's office in Paktia province.
