At least three people were killed late Wednesday when the Taliban opened fire on protesters who were carrying the Afghan flag and demanding an end …
At least three people were killed late Wednesday when the Taliban opened fire on protesters who were carrying the Afghan flag and demanding an end to Taliban rule in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. “Three people were killed and more than a dozen injured after Taliban militants opened fire during protests against the group in the Afghan city of Jalalabad on Wednesday,” according to sources on the ground that spoke to Reuters. “A Taliban source said one person had been killed in the city, some 150 km (90 miles) to the east of Kabul.” The Taliban has pulled down the Afghan flag in cities across Afghanistan as it moved to recapture territory lost in the two-decades-long war with coalition forces. In cities like Kabul, the Taliban has replaced the Afghan flag with its own flag, a white banner bearing the group’s motto. “Video footage shot by Pajhwok Afghan News, a local news agency, showed protesters in the city who were carrying the Afghan flag fleeing with the sound of gunshots in the background,” the outlet reported. The Taliban has denied that it caused the Jalalabad deaths, but sources indicate that the group has returned to cracking down on Afghan citizens despite assurances to the international community that it has changed in the 20 years it was out of power.
