Habiburrahman Hekmatyar, son of reconciled leader of Hizb-e-Islami Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, at a gathering on Thursday termed the Taliban and other insurgent groups in the country slaves of foreigners. 
 
“Recently, these murderers and slaves are named as Khawarij in media, but I must say that they [Taliban] are worse than Khawarij,” Junior Hekmatyar said.
 
The gathering commemorated the death of those killed in the Taliban attack on MP Mir Wali’s house last week. 
 
The participants, who included senior government officials and MPs, expressed their anger over the Taliban’s attack on the MP’s house and  said the militant group has sold out to Russians while they claim to be mujahids. 
 
Hafizullah Barikzai, son of Uruzgan lawmaker Obaidullah Barikzai, was also killed in the suicide raid by the Taliban. 
 
Those at the ceremony paid tribute to Barikzai’s vision and courage and condemned attacks on civilian population as inhuman and against Islamic principles. 
 
“I call on Taliban to stop their subversive activities and it is enough. Neither China nor Russians will bring you peace,” said Obaidullah Barikzai, an MP from Uruzgan.
 
Meanwhile, former president Hamid Karzai also delivered a speech via a phone call where he strongly condemned the attack on the MP’s house. 
 
“I don’t understand which book orders the killing of a 10-year-old child. I was shocked after hearing about the attack on the house of Mr. Malim Mir Wali – especially when I heard that they [attackers] also entered rooms where children and women were. At that time, I asked myself what does this action really mean,” Hekmat Karzai said.
 
A message from Gulbuddin was also read out by his son where he anticipated bigger price for those targeting civilians. 
 
The attack on the MP’s house left at least eight people dead and wounded several others. Taliban claimed responsibility for the raid.