Killed Taliban Members In Court Attack, Says Resistance Group
The Afghanistan Freedom Front said it carried out a rocket attack on a Taliban court building in northern Afghanistan, killing four Taliban members and wounding two others.
The Afghanistan Freedom Front said it carried out a rocket attack on a Taliban court building in northern Afghanistan, killing four Taliban members and wounding two others.
In a statement issued on Friday, the group said the attack targeted the Taliban’s Court of Appeal in Maimana, the capital of Faryab, at about 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The AFF said the strike hit a meeting of the Taliban’s judicial police, which it described as an enforcement arm of the Taliban’s Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.
The statement did not say whether any AFF fighters were injured in the attack.
The Taliban have not issued an official response and have not confirmed the reported casualties.
Several residents of Maimana told Afghanistan International that an explosion was heard in the city on Thursday evening. Local sources said explosives placed inside a container detonated at a Taliban court building.
In recent months, the Afghanistan Freedom Front has said it would step up attacks against the Taliban’s morality police after the detention of several girls in Kabul. Since then, the group has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks targeting offices of the Taliban’s Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in multiple provinces.
