[Tolo News] Eighteen non-combatants were killed and ten were maimed on Sunday in three separate blasts from landmines in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province.Hidden improvised bombs (IED) in the roads of Afghanistan have killed 29 civilians in the past three days, with at least a third of the victims being children.
On Sunday morning, twin blasts at one location killed 14 people in the Araghistan district of Kandahar, provincial police Chief Gen. Abdul Raziq said.
The first kaboom occurred when a civilian vehicle hit a roadside mine, killing and injuring the passengers, including women and kiddies. The second blast occurred when another group of civilians, riding on a tractor, went to the scene to help the dead and maimed and struck another roadside kaboom in the road, Raziq said.
Kandahar Media and Information Centre (KMIC) said on Twitter that nine other people were maimed by the twin blasts.
Four more people died on Sunday in the same district but in a separate kaboom when their car struck an IED in the road. A woman, a young girl and two men were killed, while one man was maimed, the KMIC said on Twitter.
| The number of Afghan civilians killed dropped 36 percent in the first four months of this year compared with last year |
It comes as seven people died on Saturday and four died on Friday from hidden IEDs.
On Saturday, six people were killed in the southern Uruzgan province's capital Trinkot when their vehicle hit a roadside mine, while one child was killed and another injured in Helmand
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's Geresk district after they came upon a mine.
A day earlier, four children were killed and two were maimed in the same district in Helmand after their group came upon an IED in the road.
Insurgents regularly plant IEDs to target Afghan and NATO
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troops, but most of the victims are civilians.
The UN said last year was the deadliest year on record for civilians since the US-led war began in 2001 with 3,021 Afghans killed.
The number of Afghan civilians killed dropped 36 percent in the first four months of this year compared with last year, but the UN added that too many civilians are still being caught up in violence.