Boys playing volleyball shot dead by militants in Afghanistan
AT LEAST five boys have been shot dead after a group of militants attacked them on a volleyball court in easte Afghanistan.
\"The young boys, who were school students, were playing volleyball in a village in Alingar district at 12.30pm ... a group of gunmen from the nearby village came and shot them,\" Sarhdai Zwak, a spokesman for the provincial goveor of Laghman, said on Thursday.
\"The shooters, who are surely members of the armed opposition, fled the area,\" Mr Zwak said, implying the attack was carried out by Taliban militants.
\"It is not clear yet why they shot dead the boys, but it is clear that the enemies of Afghans cannot tolerate our sports achievements. So, they restore cowardly attacks.\"
Last week, four young footballers were killed in the southe province of Kandahar when a rocket, allegedly fired by Taliban militants, struck the football field.
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