on february 17, 11 people were shot dead by unknown assailants in abu shakir, a village in kabul. (now wazir akbar khan) police speculated that the attackers were arab militants belonging to jund al farooq, the armed wing of the ansar al farooq anti-shia group. the motive of the attack is probably because the siege of jund al farooq controlled village of bani khalid, (now sheerpur) near abu shakir, by the afghani army.