Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has strongly denounced the recent beheading of a group of Shia Muslims by terrorists in the country’s troubled south.
According to Press TV, Ghani said in a statement on Monday evening that he was "profoundly saddened" by the murder of seven Shia Muslims belonging to the Hazara community in the Southern Province of Zabul.
The statement said "The heartless murder of innocent individuals, especially women and children, has no justification in any religion or creed."
The president vowed to bring the culprits behind the carnage to justice. Ghani also promised to convene "an extraordinary security meeting to seek ways for tracking down and punishing the perpetrators of this atrocious crime."
Meanwhile, the United States through its embassy in Kabul has also issued a statement condemning "yesterday's beheading of seven civilians, including women and a child."
The condemnations came a day after local Afghan officials said that the headless bodies of seven people, including, two women and one child, who were kidnapped by terrorists in October from Ghazni Province, were found in the Khak-i-Afghan district of volatile Zabul Province on Sunday.
Local Afghan officials say terrorists from the Takfiri ISIL terrorists are behind the latest slaughter of Shia Muslims. ISIL terrorists have been increasing the terror activities across Afghanistan over the past months.
source : irib
