Afghanistan: Four Judges Killed As Taliban Attack Army Vehicle

Four judges were killed in an alleged Taliban attack in
Afghanistan’s central province of Logar, officials said on
Thursday.

Provincial Council Members, Hasibullah Stanekzai and Mohammad
Qasim Sediqi, announced this in Kabul.

The judges were on their way to Kabul, from the southern
province of Paktiya, when their car was targeted by gunmen in the
Mohammad Agha district of Logar province, provincial council
members said.

It was unclear if the judges were the primary target of the
attack.

According to Stanekzai, gunmen opened fire on a national army
vehicle ahead of the judges’ vehicle.

A Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said he was trying to
gather information about the incident.

Mujahid said the insurgents target judges if there was proof
that they have ruled against Taliban fighters or committed some
other kind of oppression against the militants.

At least 66 judges were killed throughout Afghanistan in the
past five years, according to the Afghan Supreme Court.(NAN)