(Kabul) Reza Gul's son was shot dead in front of her as he manned a checkpoint in their village at 5am during an attack by the Taliban.
Unlike the hoards of Afghan men who pack their bags and head west claiming asylum only when they reach a country which will feed them, clothe them and pay them to return to Afghanistan on holidays, she picked up a rifle and along with the other females in her family took the fight back to the Taliban. After 7 hours of fighting, 25 intolerant Taliban bigots lay dead and 5 others lay wounded.
Woken up by the gunfire, Reza Gul told TOLOnews that she had no other option but to pick up a weapon after she found her son, who was in charge of an outpost, dead in front of her eyes.
Unlike the hoards of Afghan men who pack their bags and head west claiming asylum only when they reach a country which will feed them, clothe them and pay them to return to Afghanistan on holidays, she picked up a rifle and along with the other females in her family took the fight back to the Taliban. After 7 hours of fighting, 25 intolerant Taliban bigots lay dead and 5 others lay wounded.
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| Reza Gul (center), her daughter Fatima (left) and daughter-in-law Seema, killed 25 members of of the Taliban after watching them gun down her son |
"It was around 5 a.m. when my son's check post came under the attack of Taliban," Gul said. "When the fighting intensified, I couldn't stop myself and picked up a weapon, went to the check post and began shooting back."A few minutes later, Gul was not alone when she found her husband, daughter, youngest son and daughter-in-law holding weapons and accompanying her in the fight against the insurgents.
"The fighting was intensified when we reached the battlefield along with light and heavy weapons," said Seema, Gul's daughter-in-law. "We were committed to fight until the last bullet."The fighting lasted several hours, with 25 insurgents dead and many others wounded. Mrs Gul finished off with:
"Taliban are foreigners, they are servants of Pakistan, if they attack 100 other times, I will continue to defend my country and will shed their blood to not let them dare to enter my village."
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fiveminutesforisrael 45p · 545 weeks ago
I served in the army and became a competent if not sniper quality shot. It was quite a while into basic training before I had mastered the basic shooter’s skills of loading and inserting the magazine; unlocking the safety catch and selecting automatic or semi-automatic; cocking and inserting the first bullet into the barrel; taking the proper firing position; controlling breathing; aiming, firing and hitting the target; coping with recoil, the noise and the smell and then finally removing the empty magazine before beginning the whole process again. Add to these knowing what to do if the gun jams and the vital, secondary skills of taking cover.
Are we to believe that completely without training these women instinctively knew what to do? Not only that but maintained the complex procedures of firing for seven hours, in the stress of emotions and under fire? BTW how much ammunition did they have?
Are we to believe that the Taliban were also so without those skills that in a battle lasting so long a minimum of twenty-five fighters couldn't shoot her or even step back and finish the resistance with an RPG, which is standard Taliban equipment?
I think not.
Pounce · 544 weeks ago
Lastly a well defended village would have killing zones, which are designed to lure the enemy in.