Afghan journalists were outraged by the killing

Afghan journalists were outraged by the killing of Mr. Ahmad’s family and, in an unusual gesture, said in a statement they would boycott “coverage of news
related to the Taliban” for 15 days and demanded that the Taliban explain “how they justify the shooting from a close-range of innocent children.”
The Taliban didn’t immediately respond to the statement.
The Taliban launched a series of high-profile operations in recent days, aiming to disrupt the vote and showcase their strength as the foreign forces
withdraw. The U.S.-led coalition’s mandate expires at December’s end, and Washington has so far failed to reach a deal with Mr. Karzai to maintain a small
American force in Afghanistan next year.
On Friday, a Taliban bombing during Nowruz celebrations in Kandahar province killed the chief of staff of the provincial governor.
On Thursday, the Taliban hit a police base in the eastern city of Jalalabad, killing 10 police officers and one civilian. Seven Taliban assailants also died
in the firefight, the Afghan government said.
Two days earlier, a suicide bombing killed 17 people in the northern Afghan city of Maimana. And, last week, gunmen assassinated Swedish Radio journalist
Nils Horner in broad daylight in central Kabul.
–Habib Khan Totakhil and Ehsanullah Amiri in Kabul and Ghousuddin Frotan in Kandahar contributed to this article.