The women were lined up to receive food at a maternity and women’s clinic when the jihadists opened fire. It is unclear from this report whether the clinic was government-run, and hence offensive to the jihadists on that basis, or whether they merely wanted to demonstrate the government’s weakness and the inability of the police to provide adequate protection, or had some other motive. In any case, they apparently got away unscathed to wage jihad again another day. And the world will little note nor strongly condemn this murderous savagery, for it is jihad, and to speak out too loudly against it would be “Islamophobic.”
“Afghan child killed, 5 women injured in clinic attack,” from Xinhua, February 22 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
MEHTARLAM, Afghanistan, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) — One child and two policemen were killed while five women were wounded Saturday when militants opened fire on women, who line up to receive food at a maternity and women’s clinic in eastern Afghan province of Laghman, sources said.
The shooting occurred at Hallokhil Maternity and Women’s Clinic in Alinigar district at around 11 a.m. (local time), eastern of the provincial capital Mehtarlam city, the provincial government said in a statement.
“One seven-year-old child and two Afghan Local Police cops were martyred and five women got gunshot wounds in the incident,” the statement said.
About two hours following the attack, five civilians were wounded after the militants fired five rounds of mortar shell on the neighboring Alishing district, according to the statement.
The statement blamed the armed opponents, a term referring to the Taliban insurgent group for the attacks. However, the Taliban has yet to make comments.
veggiedog says
And the world sits quietly by.
Bradamante says
The Taliban are such cowards. Shooting women and children — it’s clear these criminals have no sense of shame.
Jay Boo says
Women sitting side by side locked within their blue cages
as a young girl stares out into the world imagining a ‘key’
citycat says
I can only assume that the central controlling entity of Islam is inhuman. This is not normal evil, for want of words. It is not Earthly evil. God knows, maybe it arrived on a meteor. Apart from the horror therein, there must be some hidden anti-humanity being.
This has been going for fourteen hundred years. If it wasn’t for communication, we would have been taken by surprise.
Islam is unearthly.
Or simply unbelievable evil.
John Spielman says
The Bible would infer that Islam is a doctrine of demons from Satan. We are warned to be careful listening to ” angels” as ST Paul warns, since” Satan masquerades as angel of light”. Unfortunately for the world (and for Mohammed’s soul), Mohammed accepted ” another gospel” from this demon who presented himself as the arch angel Gabriel . Islam is a lie and built of lies and deceptions to fool those who do not know the truth.
Tayloch says
“One seven-year-old child and two Afghan Local Police cops were martyred….
Uh, let’s use the appropriate word: MURDERED!
Even by Chinese standards, this level of reporting is pathetic.
Cindy Mccoy says
These men who do this are a bunch of cowards!!!! Open fire on a bunch of helpless women. Oh, they are so brave, they can hurt women and children. Even when they fight men they always go in big groups of the jihadis plus they like to sneak in . Rarely one on one where the other guys has a fair fighting chance. Nope a bunch of cowards.
eib says
Jihadists take women and children as their first enemies because as enemies, they’re so predictable.
The Jihadist should be defined first by his contempt for humanity, and second, by his religion. He holds the former far more closely than the latter, even though the latter may justify it.
Diann Vail says
I fear that the blood of our soldiers has been for nothing, as this barbarous culture will quickly return to their horrific ways as soon as the west has departed. Indeed, they have never really stopped their activities.
veggiedog says
The blood of our soldiers was for the ego of one man only. What he was trying to prove is nobodies guess. We will never change the Middle East, if anyone things we can they are themselves delusional.
Jay Boo says
HALF-STEPPING HELL
How can the military wage a war with the Taliban when it won’t even admit that the ‘religion’ of Islam is a bunch of crap.
Showing respect for this ideology to Islam is seen as a sign of weakness to Muslims.
It would have been much more effective to destroy all the mosques at 3 AM to avoid civilian casualties, drop posters mocking Mohammad and have public daily Quran burnings.
Jodster says
Maybe they disobeyed the new fatwa issued from Saudi, pregnant women who must be attended to by a male doctor, gynaecologist or obstetrician are to have a male family member present when visiting pre natal clinics, doctors and giving birth.
Veracious_one says
because receiving food at a maternity and women’s clinic is Un-Islamic…
veggiedog says
And what is Islamic, being murdered, being beaten, knowing not to step out of place? The rules of Islam change as did the Koran, no rhyme or reason and with no sense. How can one possibly keep up with knowing the are being offensive when being offensive is newly defined on a whim.