14 killed in Taliban-sparked ethnic clash
KANDAHAR: Fourteen Afghan civilians were killed when a Taliban attack sparked a clash between two villages in Afghanistan, said an official on Thursday.
Taliban guerrillas attacked Hazara village in Uruzgan on Monday and killed 10 villagers, said provincial governor Jan Muhammad Khan. He said that Hazara tribesmen from Uruzgan’s Kejran district, blaming the attack on their neighbouring village, launched a raid that killed four people. “The attack in which 10 Hazaris were killed was carried out by Taliban. The Hazaris thought the attack was by Pashtuns,” he added.
The governor said both tribes’ elders investigated the matter and found that Taliban fighters carried out Monday’s attack. However, self-claimed Taliban spokesman Mullah Abdul Latif Hakimi said the ousted regime was not involved in the bloodshed. afp
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