Alwaght- Three mass graves were unearthed in a Shiite populated village in northern Afghanistan after army liberated it from the Taliban.
Zabihullah Amani, a spokesman for the provincial governor told AFP "We have so far discovered three mass graves in the village, containing the remains of a total of 42 people, including three children, some of them beheaded".
Amani noted that 23 of the bodies had been left in one grave, while 11 more in a second and eight in a third.
Taliban in a joint offensive by ISIS terrorist group attacked on August 5 the village of Mirza Ulang in northern Sar-e Pul province, and killed dozens of civilians of the Hzara populated village. Hazaras are overwhelmingly Twelver Shiite Muslims and make up the third largest ethnic group in Afghanistan.
The horrific news came after the country’s army announced that the village had been retaken from the insurgents following several days of severe clashes in which at least 50 of the terrorists were killed.
"The majority have been identified as civilians, while there might be a small number of uprising forces too among them. Search operations will continue tomorrow," said Nasratullah Jamshidi.
While occupying the village, the Taliban had taken some 235 people hostage, whom they freed after reaching an agreement with local officials.
Afghanistan is still grappling with violence well over a decade after the US and its allies invaded the country as part of the so-called war on terror. The invasion removed the Taliban from power, but has failed to stop the militancy.
Taking advantage of the chaos, the ISIS terror group, which is mainly based in the Middle East, has managed to establish a foothold in the eastern Province of Nangarhar.
Hundreds of people, including women and children, have fled the recent wave of violence fueled by ISIS terrorists in Nangarhar to take refuge in the provincial capital Jalalabad.
