...Arabic for students...
attacks in eight provinces--in less than 24 hours.
Samiullah Zare, an army officer, was killed on Sunday evening when he was attacked by unknown gunnies in Dasht-e-Barchi area in Kabul’s District 18. He was carrying cash obtained from selling his home and was attacked when he returned from the property dealer's office.
The thieves took over 1 million Afs from him, Zare’s relatives said.
"We call on the government to ensure justice and follow this case. We want the perpetrators to be arrested and sentenced," said Mahdi Muhebi, brother of Samiullah Zare.
"The government authorities have lost the ability to feel the death of our youth as they are killed every day," said Naqibullah Frotan, Zare's cousin.
Besides Kabul, the provinces of 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...
, Pashtun-infested Logar, 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..
, Paktika
...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo...
, Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
, Kandahar and Kunar also witnessed security incidents, including a assassination, a bomb explosion and Taliban attacks in which 15 members of Afghan forces and three non-combatants were killed and 12 security forces and 21 civilians were maimed.
"The fighting between the government and the Taliban has intensified once again and the civilians are sacrificed," said Khan Mohammad Wardak, an MP.
"It seems that armed opponents have no will for peace and violence is increasing day-by-day," said Mohammadullah Batash, an MP.
The Defense Ministry said that 106 Taliban fighters were killed and 48 more were maimed in Afghan forces operations in the last 24 hours.
"The Taliban has not reduced violence during Ramadan and they have continued their attacks against the people," Defense Ministry front man Rohullah Ahmadzai said. "The defense and security forces have thwarted many attacks by the Taliban and have inflicted heavy losses on them."