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7 die in IED attack in Parwan province
At least 7 civilians were killed in an explosion triggered by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in northern Parwan province of Afghanistan.According to the local security officials, a wedding-bound vehicle struck an IED in Syed Khel district of Parwan. The district administrative chief Ahmad Lemar Osmanyar confirmed the incident and said the civilians were on their way to a wedding party when their vehicle was targeted in roadside bomb explosion. Osmanyar further added that an investigation is underway regarding the incident but the officials usually blame Taliban group for the IED attacks. No group including the Taliban insurgents has so far claimed responsibility behind the incident. Taliban insurgents and militants belonging to the other insurgent groups frequently use Improvised Explosive Device (IED) as the weapon of their choice to target the security forces but the ordinary civilians are often targeted in such attacks. This comes as the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan released the latest civilian casualties report late last month which stated at least 3726 civilians were killed or wounded between January and June of this year. The UN mission said the civilian casualties in the country has reached to a record number since counting began in 2009, with 5,166 civilians recorded killed or maimed in just the first six months of this year, of whom almost one-third were children. The total civilian casualty figure recorded by the UN between 1 January 2009 and 30 June 2016 has risen to 63,934, including 22,941 deaths and 40,993 injured. According to the UN mission, the anti-government elements remain responsible for 60 percent of the civilian casualties with ground engagements continuing to cause the highest number of civilian casualties, followed by complex and suicide attacks and improved explosive devices (IEDs). Posted by: badanov 2016-11-02 |
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