The Taliban have promised the relatives of those civilians killed by an American soldier in a shooting spree on Sunday that they will carry out revenge attacks, the group said on the Voice of Jihad website.
"The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (as the Taliban call the country), while sympathizing with the victims of this savage act as part of its Islamic and human obligation, gives assurance to their heirs that it shall take revenge from the invaders and the savage murderers for every single martyr with the help of Allah and they shall receive punishment for their barbaric actions," the Taliban said.
At least 15 and possibly as many as 17 civilians died after an American Army sergeant left his base near Kandahar in southern Afghanistan, and went from house to house in the village of Zangabad to shoot local people, including women and children. He was detained by military authorities after the incident.
Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai said the incident was international murder that “was impossible to forgive.”
The massacre follows widespread unrest and rioting across Afghanistan last month after it was disclosed that U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan had unintentionally burned copies of the Koran while disposing of waste at a military base.
