Local sources in Kandahar say five people have been injured after Taliban forces opened fire on medicine sellers.
Sources told the Hasht-e Subh Daily on Wednesday, November 11, that Taliban forces, accompanied by inspectors from the group’s Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, went to the medicine market in the Jadeh-e Naw area after noon.
The sources said the Taliban intended to confiscate Pakistani medicines.
The move was met with opposition from medicine sellers, and a verbal dispute between the two sides escalated into a confrontation.
According to the sources, Taliban fighters opened fire on the medicine sellers during the clash, injuring five of them.
The sources added that following the incident, some people smashed the windows of vehicles belonging to Taliban fighters.
Meanwhile, another source from the medicine market said the Taliban had also intended to confiscate medicines imported through legal channels.
The source said customs duties had already been paid on those medicines.
