Taliban ban aerial firing in Kabul and other cities

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Spokesman has said that culprits would be identified; disarmed; apprehended and expelled from the cities.

Zabiullah further said that instructions to the concerned departments have been disseminated to penalize the offenders.

“Kabul and provincial police chiefs and intelligence officials are specifically instructed to take immediate and decisive action to identify and punish these individuals”.

On Saturday, Taliban claimed capturing Panjshir valley which precipitated celebratory gunfire in Kabul. Resultantly, as per local media, 17 individuals died.

Celebratory gunfire in Kabul leaves at least 17 dead: media reports

At least 17 people lost their lives in celebratory gunfire in Kabul, news agencies said on Saturday, after Taliban sources said their fighters had seized control of Panjshir, the last province in Afghanistan holding out against the Islamist group.

Leaders of opposition to the Taliban have denied that the province has fallen.

The Shamshad news agency said "aerial shooting" in Kabul on Friday killed 17 people and wounded 41. Tolo news agency gave a similar toll.

At least 14 people were injured in celebratory firing in Nangarhar province east of the capital, said Gulzada Sangar, spokesman for an area hospital in the provincial capital of Jalalabad.

The gunfire drew a rebuke from the main Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid.

"Avoid shooting in the air and thank God instead," Mujahid said in a message on Twitter. "Bullets can harm civilians, so don't shoot unnecessarily."

SOURCE: REUTERS