Devastated Mother Watched Helplessly as Dozens of Terrorists Murdered Her Son. But the Killers Were Gravely Unprepared for Her Wrath.

A mother in Afghanistan is gaining national attention after she fiercely fought back against dozens of Taliban militants who killed her son in the country’s dangerous Farah province, the Daily Mail reports.

Reza Gul reportedly watched in horror as her son, a police officer who was apparently working at a village checkpoint with a team of fellow officers, was gunned down by a band of terrorists.

After witnesses such a tragic event unfold before her eyes, the mother said she “couldn’t stop myself and picked up a weapon.”

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“I went to the check post and began shooting back,” she told TOLO News. Her husband, daughter and daughter-in-law also reportedly took up arms and fought alongside the grieving mother. Gul told NBC News that "other boys from the police" also joined in the fighting.

The fighting reportedly “intensified” and the family was “committed to fight to the last bullet.” Gul's daughter apparently prepared bullets to ensure her mom and dad had enough ammunition to continuously fight the Taliban, according to reports.

The firefight lasted for roughly seven hours. But instead of the Taliban militants claiming yet even more innocent victims, authorities found the bodies of 25 dead terrorists on the battlefield. Another five terrorists -- all of whom clearly weren't prepared for the mother's wrath -- were said to have been wounded.

"We started a kind of family war against the Taliban," she told NBC News.

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More from the Daily Mail report:

A spokesman for the Afghanistan's Ministry of Interior told the agency it was a symbol of a public uprising.

The Taliban is yet to comment about the incident.

Alongside other insurgent groups, the Taliban have escalated attacks across the country since the withdrawal of most of the US led forces from the country last month.

Targeting, government, security and foreign installations, especially in the country's capital Kabul, members of the public have also been caught in the crossfire.

Though the TOLO News video report is not in English, it provides a look at the brave mother and her family: