Kabul, Oct 8 :Two schoolchildren including a nine-year-old girl were shot dead by Taliban militants in Afghanistan after their father refused to quit his job as a policeman.
Henna and her 16-year-old brother Zelgai were killed by two gunmen on motorbikes on Saturday.
The two were playing inside their father's car Idgah area of Ghazni province, in south Afghanistan
"They were playing inside my car, and the Taliban probably thought it was me in the car. They opened fire at the car and killed my children," the father, Zalmai, said.
He said the Taliban had warned him several times in the past that his family would be at risk if he did not leave his police job.
