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British-trained Afghan sniper is executed by Taliban in front of his family

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British-trained Afghan sniper is executed

An Afghan sniper who labored alongside British Particular Forces was executed in entrance of his household by the Taliban.

In line with Mail On-line, Noor was traced to his sister’s residence on the sting of the Afghan capital Kabul and shot thrice within the chest and once more as he lay on the bottom by two gunmen on Monday, September 13.

He had been a member of a British-trained Afghan unit referred to as CF333, a lot of whom had been rescued within the airlift from Kabul airport that adopted the Taliban takeover.

The homicide prompted shock and anger from members of the British army, with former Colonel Ash Alexander-Cooper, OBE, a commander of specialist operations with the SAS, tweeting:

‘For these leaders nonetheless uncertain, this isn’t a sport, ‘N’ was executed by the Taliban in chilly blood only a few hours in the past. His crime ? Years of loyal {and professional} service, mentored by British models.

‘There isn’t any amnesty. Deserted by us, this homicide won’t be the final.’
Noor is alleged to have been shot useless whereas his wife and 5 kids, all underneath the age of 9 – the youngest simply ten days previous – had been on the entrance of the home.

‘That is the fact of the “new” Taliban,’ Mr Alexander-Cooper stated. ‘Discuss of inclusivity, variety and amnesty is a joke and a few are falling for it. Get up.’

The homicide is the newest in a sequence of revenge killings by the Taliban who’ve gone from home to deal with looking to those that labored with Western forces towards them

Noor’s buddy, Rafi Hottak, a former frontline interpreter stated: ‘Noor had been threatened many instances and feared for his life. That is the fact of what’s taking place to those that supported the British and her allies.’