AVA - IEA: In Daikundi clash no children killed but our militants involved

Nine militants were killed on Thursday at a house in Siyuk area of Shibar district of Daikundi province. The Ministry of Interior of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, said.

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA)_Monitoring, According to IEA officials, one Islamic Emirate soldier was also killed in the clash and two others were wounded. A woman who was in the house at the time was caught in crossfire and wounded in the leg.

Bilal Karimi, the deputy spokesman of the Islamic Emirate, said despite repeated attempts to get the militants to lay down their weapons they failed to do so. As a result, IEA security forces entered the house.

Karimi said all the militants killed had been armed.

According to Karimi, reports of children being killed and other damage incurred are not true.

Latif Nazari, Deputy Minister of Economy, said on Twitter that some elements have emerged that are trying to pit Hazaras against the IEA.

He tweeted that: “Hazaras are too alert to fall into their trap and their external stimuli. Interaction between the people and the emirate will continue.”