Afghan Taliban condemn Mohammed cartoons, hail Paris gunmen

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Masked gunman run towards a victim of their gun fire outside the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo's office, in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. Paris residents captured chilling video images of two masked gunmen shooting a police officer after an attack at a French satirical newspaper. In the video, the gunmen armed with assault rifles are seen running up to an injured police officer, who lies squirming on the ground. The police officer raises his hands up before one of the assailants shoots him in the head at a close range. (AP Photo) NO SALES

Masked gunman run towards a victim of their gun fire outside the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo鈥檚 office, in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. AP FILE PHOTO

KABUL, Afghanistan鈥揟he Afghan Taliban on Thursday condemned the publication in France of further cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, and lauded last week鈥檚 deadly Islamist attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine office in Paris.

A statement from the group said they 鈥渟trongly condemn this repugnant and inhumane action and consider its perpetrators, those who allowed it and its supporters the enemies of humanity.鈥�

It added the gunmen who killed the magazine staff on January 7 were 鈥渂ringing the perpetrators of the obscene act to justice.鈥�

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