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Afghanistan
Taliban militants open fire on youths who were playing cricket in Laghman
2020-04-16
[KhaamaPress] The Talibs opened fire on a group of youth men who were playing cricket in eastern Laghman
...Afghan province with a population of about 445,600, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. During the invasions of Alexander the Great, the area was known as Lampaka, wich is apparently Olde Macedonian for Laghman.The city of Mihtarlam serves as the bucolic capital of the province. The population is half Pashtun, the remainder Tadjik and Pashai. It had a repution for great wealth until it was conquered in the tenth century by Abu Mansur Sabuktigin.
He conquered it and set fire to the places in its vicinity which were inhabited by infidels, and demolishing the idol-temples, he established Islam in them, He marched and captured other cities and killed the polluted wretches, destroying the idolatrous and gratifying the Musulmans. After wounding and killing beyond all measure, his hands and those of his friends became cold in counting the value of the plundered property.
After that it was mostly notable for the production of dirt, rocks, and holy men...
province of Afghanistan, the Afghan military said.

The 201st Silab Corps in a statement said a group of youths were playing cricket in Qarghai district when they were engaged by Talibs.

The statement further added that the attack by Talibs maimed 4 youths who were later rescued by the Afghan military personnel.

However,
denial ain't just a river in Egypt...
the 201st Silab Corp said one of the injured victims departed this vale of tears as he was being treated in the regional hospital.

The Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
group has not commented regarding the incident so far.
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