4 brothers killed in Nangarhar operation

KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghan Special Forces have killed four brothers in a night raid in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Thursday.

Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the Special Forces conducted the raid in the 4^th police district of Jalalabad, the province capital, on Wednesday night.

He acknowledged four civilians were killed — all brothers. Governor Shah Mahmood Miakhel, meanwhile, expressed deep concern at the incident.

He urged President Ashraf Ghani to send a senior official to the province for investigating the issue. Miakhel sought immediate explanation from the intelligence director.

The overnight operation was carried out in Majboorabad area. Samiullah, a resident, said the dead included an employee of the Meshrano Jirga Secretariat, Qazi Qader, Jahanzeb Zakhilwal, Sabor Zakhilwal and Bahader Zakhilwal.

He said the victims’ elder brother Bahader had returned from Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after performing Hajj.

On the other hand, the 02 Unit of the Special Forces said four Daesh members, including their financer Qari Jahanzeb, were killed during the operation in Jalalabad.

In a statement, the Special Forces said the security personnel had seized three Kalashnikovs, two pistols, two hand grenades and eight magazines from the four the four individuals.

Security forces and civilians suffered no casualties during the raid, the statement added.

Meanwhile, hundreds of residents, carrying the dead bodies, staged a protest in front of the governor’s house.

The protesters insisted the slain individuals had official jobs, and had no links with Daesh. If they had any connections with the insurgent group, they should have been arrested, the demonstrators argued.

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