| Submit your comments on this article |
| Afghanistan |
| Deadly explosion strikes Afghanistan's Herat |
| 2017-06-07 |
| [Al Jazeera] At least 10 people were killed and several maimed in an kaboom near police offices and a mosque in Afghanistan's Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... province, police officials told Al Jazeera. Abdul Ahid Wali Zada, police spokesperson, said the bomb was planted in a rickshaw that detonated near the Jama Masjid, a large mosque dating from the 12th century in Herat city on Tuesday. "The corpse count coud rise," he said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Zabihullah Mujahid, a front man for the Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... , told Al Jazeera that the group was not involved in the attack. Images posted to social media showed plumes of black smoke rising above a mosque complex. Taliban claims the group is not behind Herat city bombing that left 7 dead [Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Talibs group in Afghanistan claims that the group is not behind the bombing in Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... city that left at least seven people dead. The group’s front man Qari Yousuf Ahmadi in a statement said certain circles within the ’enemies’ are attempting to defame the group by carrying out such attacks. He did not elaborate further regarding his claims about the ’circles’ and ’enemies’ involved in the attack. The Ministry of Interior acting front man Najib Danish confirmed that the incident took place after explosives planted in a cycle of violence went off in Jame mosque. Najib further added that 7 people were killed in the kaboom and at least 16 others were maimed. No individual or group including the Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... snuffies has so far grabbed credit behind the incident. This comes as the Taliban-led insurgency has been rampant since the group announced its spring offensive late in April. Taliban’s statements for rejecting role in major attacks mainly claiming civilian lives comes as the group is accused of incurring the most civilian casualties in the country. The United Nations ...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense... Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UANAMA) released its latest civilian casualties report in the month of April, covering a period of three months since the start of 2017. According to the report, the Anti-Government Elements caused 62 per cent of civilian casualties ‐ 1,353 civilian casualties (447 dead and 906 injured), reflecting a five per cent increase compared to the same period in 2016. The UN mission also added it recorded a 12 per cent increase in civilian casualties caused by pressure-plate improvised bombs ‐ 218 civilian casualties (86 dead and 132 injured). |
| Posted by:Fred |