According to Ahlul Bayt (A) News Agency – ABNA.ir – More than 500 tribal leaders in the southern provinces of Afghanistan especially Kandahar have been killed in suspicious manners after the US invasion of the country in 2001.
The list cites the names of the killed Afghan figures, their tribes, their place of birth and the place they were killed.
High-ranking Afghan officials in Kabul have expressed concern over the murders after the numbers of suspicious cases increased in Kandahar.
A tribal leader, who asked to remain anonymous, said that no influential figure could now object to crimes or misconducts in the area as they fear to be killed.
He added that the assassination of tribal leaders particularly those of Pashtun tribes, has given the Taliban militants the upper hand in the area in a way that even a 15-year-old Taliban can give orders to everybody.
The unnamed tribal leader said furthermore that as a result of the murders and a political vacuum, a 20-year-old Taliban is actually the traditional leader in the area, ordering as a tribal leader who once exercise strong influence over the population.
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