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Afghanistan
AIHRC: 44 Civilians Killed, Injured As Battle Intensifies Across Afghanistan (12/20/2020-1/18/2021)
2021-01-24
[KhaamaPress] According to the preliminary findings of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, 8 non-combatants were killed in incidents like roadside kaboom blasts, targeted magnetic IED killings, unidentified button men attacks, mortar shells landing on residential places.

The incidents cover various insurgency attacks in Kabul, Uruzgan, Baghlan, Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
, and Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
AIHRC reported that from the 18th of January to the 20th of December 8 non-combatants were killed and further 36 others including (Women and Children) were maimed in different attacks across Afghanistan. Warring parties must abide by the principles and rules of international humanitarian law, AIHRC demanded.

This comes as two people were killed in a assassination on an Afghan National Army vehicle in the PD6 Kote Sangi area of Kabul City on Thursday night, the Ministry of Interior said.

Tariq Arian, spokesperson to MOI, blamed "Taliban
...Arabic for students...
" for the incident.

The second incident happened in PD6 when a civilian vehicle was targeted by a magnetic IED, killing one person and injuring two others.
Related:
Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission: 2020-12-18 AIHRC: 400 Civilians Killed, Wounded Over 3 Months in East
Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission: 2020-12-09 Three takes on the same facts: 225 Afghan Children Killed in First Half of 2020
Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission: 2020-09-27 19 Civilians Killed, 45 Wounded Since Start of Talks: Watchdog
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