AFGHANISTAN Reza Gul, an Afghan mother is reported to have killed 25 Taliban militants after her son, a police officer, was killed by Taliban insurgents in Farah province. tolonews/en/afghanistan/17230-afghan-mother-kills-25-taliban In August this year, a widow named Uzra in Nuristan Province killed four Taliban, after the Taliban attacked her home in Barg-e-Matal. Uzra battled the Taliban for four hours until they killed her and her three year old toddler. Mr Rahmatullah Rashidi, the Nuristan province presidential advisor and legislative leader, has verified this with me. He wishes that Uzras death be not in vain and a school built in Barg-e-Matal, as Nuristan has not had one school built in the province in six years, by anyone - despite many promises and interviews with media. afghanistantimes.af/news_details.php?id=8349 The stories of these courageous women are seldom reported in western media. However, locally, they evoke pride and re-telling of the story of the Afghan heroine, Malalai of Maiwand, who picked up an Afghan flag in the heat of battle and inspired Pashtun fighters to defeat the British at the 1880 Battle of Maiwand in Kandahar.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 03:25:17 +0000
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