A Taliban fighter stands guard atop a vehicle near the site of an Ashura procession which is held to mark the death of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammad, along a road in Herat on August 19, 2021, amid the Taliban’s military takeover of Afghanistan. – AFP photo
MOSCOW (Aug 19): Several people were killed in gunfire by the Taliban and stampede at an Independence Day rally in Afghanistan’s eastern city of Asadabad, Sputnik quoted a Reuters report today, citing a witness.
Witness Mohammed Salim told the news agency that the Taliban fired on people waving the national flag at the rally and it is unclear whether casualties actually came from the firing or from the consequent stampede. – Bernama