As the civil war intensifies in Afghanistan, Taliban insurgents have reportedly killed over 100 people in Spin Boldak, a border town of the southern province of Kandahar in Afghanistan, a media report said, which was later confirmed by Afghan Interior Ministry. Spin Boldak is one of the most important crossing points along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Fighting between the Afghan government and the Taliban raged for days and the border town changed hands frequently. 

A report in the TOLOnews said the insurgent group, after capturing the town, rounded up hundreds of people who they suspected were supporters of the government forces and killed them. Among the dead were also the two sons of Fida Mohammed Khan, a member of the Kandahar Provincial Council. 

Fida also said many bodies were still lying on roads. 

Indian photojournalist Danish Siddique was also killed in the same town a week ago. 

Mirwais Stanekzai, a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, “The brutal terrorists on the order of their Punjabi bosses (Pakistan) ambushed the homes of the innocent Afghans in certain areas of Spin Boldak, looted the homes, and martyred 100 innocent people.”
 
The Taliban, making a strong push for power in the country after the departure of US troops, has denied any involvement in the killing of civilians.

Multiple media outlets, however, reported that Taliban insurgents targeted civilians who helped security forces with food water. 

Meanwhile, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Thursday that more than 49,500 weapon-wounded patients have received treatment and care at 416 ICRC-supported health facilities across the country, including those run by Afghan Red Crescent Society.

In Kandahar alone, the ICRC said the ICRC-supported Mirwais Regional Hospital, 2,366 weapon-wounded patients have been treated during the first half of this year – more than double the number of patients during the same period last year.

(SAM)