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| Afghanistan |
| Taliban Abduct 42 Goshta Elders and Residents: MP |
| 2014-03-03 |
| [Tolo News] Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. MP Faridoon Momand said on Sunday that Taliban faceless myrmidons kidnapped 42 tribal elders and residents of Goshta District three days ago. According to Momand, the gunnies have already killed one of the elders. He said the abductions were punishment for cooperating with the government and allowing sons to join the security forces. Mr. Momand claimed the elders had been taken to Lal Por District, which is one of the most areas of the province. But the spokesperson of the Nangarhar Governor's office, Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, asserted that only 33 elders were kidnapped and 13 of them have already been released following negotiations. Goshta District is located in the northeastern region of of Nangarhar Province and borders the Durand Line between Afghanistan and Pakistain. Previously, Residents of Hisarak District of Nangarhar launched an uprising against local turban groups, a move that made way for a decisive military operation to clear faceless myrmidons from the area. In total, 57 armed faceless myrmidons were killed and four others were maimed. The news comes a week after 21 Afghan soldiers were killed and four others kidnapped during a Taliban ambush on an army outpost in eastern Kunar province ... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country..... , also along the border with Pakistain. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Pretty much following the classic guerrilla warfare mode of intimidating the village/tribal chiefs or elders. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-03-03 15:11 |
| #1 Being an elder used to earn respect in that part of the world; the kids today just don't care about the old traditions. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2014-03-03 10:01 |