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23 Civilians Killed in Rocket Attacks in Helmand
[ToloNews] At least 23 non-combatants were killed after four rockets hit a festival being held at a market in Sangin district in Helmand...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... province on Monday morning, the provincial governor’s office said in a statement. The statement added that 15 other civilians were maimed in the earth-shattering kabooms. The incident happened in the Zol Bazar area and the rockets were fired by holy warriors, followed by a boom-mobile explosion, the statement read. According to the statement, the boom-mobile explosion happened in a nearby place among people’s houses where explosives and rockets were made in collaboration with "foreign terrorists." Two Taliban  ...Arabic for students... fighters were killed in the boom-mobile blast, said the statement, adding that the boom-mobile has also injured civilians — which is not confirmed yet — and has damaged people’s houses. The statement denied reports that the rockets were fired by Afghan forces, instead blaming the Taliban for the attack. Helmand governor Mohammad Yasin has assigned a security team to probe the incident, the statement concluded. Taliban has denied involvement in the attack. This comes a day after at least six non-combatants were killed as their car hit a roadside kaboom in another district of Helmand, Washir, on Sunday. Details of the reported attack could not be independently confirmed as the area, which is under Taliban control, is remote and inaccessible to reporters. 6 Civilians Killed in Helmand Roadside Mine Blast [ToloNews] At least six civilians, including women and kiddies, were killed in a roadside mine blast in southern Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... province on Sunday afternoon, local officials said on Monday. The incident took place in Washir district after a civilian vehicle struck a roadside mine, said Mohammad Zaman Hamdard, a front man for provincial police chief. "Two other civilians were maimed in the blast and the victims have been taken to a nearby hospital," he said. No group, including the Taliban  ...the Pashtun equivalent of men..., has grabbed credit for the blast. Posted by: trailing wife 2020-06-30 |
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