Elderly Afghani Mother Kills 25 Taliban Militants After They Gunned Down Her Son

In a truly amazing story of revenge, an Afghan mother killed 25 Taliban militants and injured 5 more in a seven hour shootout after they murdered her son.

The mother, Reza Gul, watched helplessly as her son was ambushed as he manned a village checkpoint with a small team of police officers. However, she led a counter strike on the attackers, with help from her entire family.

“I couldn’t stop myself and picked up a weapon,” Gul told TOLO News. “I went to the check post and began shooting back.”

Abdul Satar, the son’s father who also assisted during the shootout, added “my young son who was a police officer was killed in front of my eyes. I pulled aside his dead body and started fighting to defend my soil to prove that this is the soil of Malalay, the hero. I was committed to give up my life, but not my son’s check post.”

Seema, Gul’s daughter-in-law, further described the fighting : “The fighting was intensified when we reached the battlefield along with light and heavy weapons. We were committed to fight until the last bullet.”

The combat zone was filled with bodies of dead and injured Taliban members. A spokesman for Afghanistan’s Ministry of Interior said the shootout was symbolic of a public uprising.

The Taliban have escalated attacks across Afghanistan since the withdrawal of the majority of US forces in the country. The shootout between Gul’s family and the Taliban was just one instance of the public being caught up in the middle of the brutal fight.

It has been revealed that President Barack Obama signed a ‘secret’ order allowing US forces to continue to target Taliban fighters even after the military withdrawal. The order also allows for air support in Afghanistan when needed.