#Afghan teen kills Taliban fighters after they murdered her parents

An Afghan teen has been hailed a hero after she used an AK-47 to fatally shoot two Taliban fighters — and wound several more — who dragged her parents from their home and killed them for supporting the government, local officials said.

Insurgents stormed the home of Qamar Gul, a teenager from a village in the central province of Ghor, last week, officials told Agence France-Presse.

They were targeting her father, the village chief and a government supporter, according to local police head Habiburahman Malekzada.

When his wife resisted, the Taliban fighters killed the couple outside their home, according to Malekzada.

“Qamar Gul, who was inside the house, took an AK-47 gun the family had and first shot dead the two Taliban fighters who killed her parents, and then injured a few others,” the police official told AFP.

Officials say Gul is between 14 and 16 years old, as it is common for many Afghans to not know their precise age.

Several other Taliban fighters later showed up to attack the home, but a group of villagers and pro-government militiamen engaged them in a gunfight, forcing them to retreat.

Aghan security forces have since moved Gul and her younger brother to a safer place, provincial governor spokesman Mohamed Aref Aber said.

Following the shooting, supporters flooded social media with praise for Gul’s “heroic” act.

A photo of the teen, wearing a headscarf and holding a machine gun across her lap has since gone viral.

“Hats off to her courage!” Najiba Rahmi posted to Facebook. “Well done.”

“Power of an Afghan girl,” wrote Fazila Alizada, another Facebook user Fazila Alizada.

“We know parents are irreplaceable, but your revenge will give you relative peace,” Mohamed Saleh posted.

With Post wires