China News Service, Brussels, August 25 (Reporter De Yongjian) After the Belgian media published a report in the Belgian media that a Belgian man was injured (rubber bullet) by the US military at Kabul Airport, the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on the 24th that the Belgian Ministry is working on the incident. Investigate.
According to a report published by the Belgian Dutch-language media "Morning Post" on the evening of the 23rd local time, the attacked man was named Hotak Jahanshir, an Afghan from Antwerp, Belgium's second largest city. Belgian citizen; the shooting took place on August 20, the first day the Belgian military launched an Afghan evacuation operation.
Because Jahanhir was hit by a rubber bullet in the jaw, he was unable to speak normally. His brother (non-Belgian citizen) reported the incident on his behalf, and showed the picture and video of Jahanhir’s treatment in the hospital to the Morning Post. His brother said that on the afternoon of August 20, Kabul time, he accompanied Jahan Shir in line at the north gate of Kabul Airport, and the US soldiers guarding the gate ordered everyone to squat down in front of the barbed wire.
At this time, a Belgian soldier came to the north gate and asked if there were any Belgian citizens at the scene. After Jahanhir responded, the Belgian soldier told him that he could get up and walk to the door. He did not want a US soldier to suddenly shoot Jahanhir and fire. The rubber bullet hit Jahanhir.
His brother said that he was angrily asked why the US soldiers fired. The soldiers involved just shouted "Go away" at him, otherwise they would also shoot him. Jahan Shir received treatment in a hospital in Kabul afterwards. Has returned home to recuperate.
The Zaobao reported that because they could not verify the identity of the soldiers involved, they passed the relevant pictures and videos to the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs after obtaining the consent of Jahanhir’s family; through these pictures and videos, you can see Jahan. The gunshot wound to Hill's jaw can also be heard from the doctor's diagnosis of Jahan Hill's injury.
Faced with media inquiries on the 24th, a spokesperson for the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that they have notified relevant functional departments of the matter, including those that are currently coordinating the evacuation operations in the Pakistani capital Islamabad; the investigation is still ongoing and no conclusion has been reached yet.
After the Taliban entered and took control of Kabul on August 15, Western countries stepped up to evacuate people from Afghanistan. Belgium, a NATO member state, is no exception. According to Belgian media reports, as of August 23, the Belgian military has evacuated more than 700 people. In Afghanistan, more than 400 people arrived in Belgium on chartered flights.
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