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Despite an intensive 17-hour search, Highlander McLaren was found dead in a nearby river 3 miles (4.8 km) from the base. [7] He had been tortured, shot five times in the head with a semi-automatic rifle and after death, his body had been interfered with. [ 8 ]
The Afshar Operation was a military operation in Afghanistan that took place on February 11–12, 1993 during the Second Afghan Civil War.The operation was launched by Ahmad Shah Massoud and Burhanuddin Rabbani's Islamic State of Afghanistan government and the allied Abdul Rasul Sayyaf's Ittehad-i Islami paramilitary forces against Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Hezbe Islami and Abdul Ali Mazari's ...
Some early reports mentioned that three or four bodies had been found lined up, implicating that these soldiers could have been captured alive and executed; this was denied by French military authorities and government. Taliban leaders claimed to have captured and killed wounded soldiers, and to have destroyed five vehicles and used land mines.
The two Taliban members who were killed were being sought by police over their alleged connection to more than 20 past attacks on security forces and a monetary reward had been offered for any ...
Attack comes just days after Taliban minister Khalil Haqqani was killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul
(Reuters) -More than 200 members of Afghanistan's former military, law enforcement and government have been killed since the Taliban took over, the U.N. mission in Afghanistan said on Tuesday ...
Despite their efforts to find safety in the holy site, they were ultimately killed by the Taliban. [13] The victims of the massacre included targeted women, children, and the elderly. Additionally, the Taliban killed eight Iranian officials at the Iranian consulate in the city, as well as an Iranian journalist. [14]
As Taliban assailants beat Rahmatullah’s body they rained down insults with each blow. “They told me: ‘You’re not a real Muslim. You’re a puppet. You helped the British. You have no ...