The Taliban in Afghanistan have killed a 75-year-old man, Juma Khan, on the alleged charge of spying for the government in the southern Paktika province, according to a Dari-language Afghan daily.
Dr. Abdul Wakil Mobarez, a Taliban spokesman in the province, claimed responsibility for Khan’s killing, saying that Juma Khan had confessed to his crime.
According to a report in the Dari-language newspaper Roznama Arman-e-Milli, Mukhlis Afghan, a spokesman for the provincial governor, expressed that the government was unaware of the incident but did say that the Taliban want to spread fear among the people with such acts.
Source: Roznama Arman-e-Milli, Afghanistan, March 9, 2010
