Roundup: 116 killed in major attacks in Afghanistan in March

Up to 116 people have been killed and nearly 170 others injured in major attacks in Afghanistan last month, according to official sources.

The statistics revealed that militants launched 22 bomb attacks within the past month, including seven suicide bombings, involving eight suicide bombers.

The latest attack occurred in Afghan capital of Kabul when a suicide bomber targeted a bomb-proof vehicle of Gul Padshah Majidi, a lawmaker in the lower house of the parliament, killing four passers-by and injuring eight others.

The legislator suffered minor injuries.

The Taliban has intensified attacks over the past couple of months as Afghan forces took over the lead in providing security for the country since Jan. 1, following a four-year security transition process that ended on Dec. 31, 2014.

In addition to suicide bombings, about 15 roadside bomb attacks took place last month throughout the country. Most of the blasts were triggered by remote control devices which were planted on the roadsides.

On March 30, seven civilians, including two women and two children, died after a vehicle set off a roadside bombing in eastern Ghazni province.

On March 24, 13 civilians, including a woman, were killed and two people wounded after armed militants fired at three running vehicles along a main road in eastern Wardak province.

Seven civilians were killed and nearly 50 others wounded after a suicide truck bomb targeted government office buildings in southern Helmand province on March 18.

At least seven targeted killings occurred in a number of provinces in March, claiming the lives of government officials, security forces and local leaders.

In one targeted attack, Matiullah Khan, the provincial police chief of southern Uruzgan province, was killed after two suicide bombers detonated their suicide jackets in western Kabul on March 18, killing the visiting police official.

On March 7, 10 people were killed and two others wounded after five gunmen armed with silenced weapons launched an attack at a mosque in Kabul.

The civilians considered to be supporting government, civilian government employees, religious leaders, tribal elders and persons involved in peace and reconciliation efforts came under attack in targeted killings.

The Taliban militants also launched a string of massive attacks on security checkpoints and army outposts last month, killing and injuring scores of security forces.

Some six army troops were killed after a group of Taliban launched a massive attack on security checkpoints in Bala Buluk district of western Farah province on March 9.

More than 60 others were also killed in separate attacks across the country last month.

The exact number of casualties on the army and police last month remained unknown.

In February this year, 70 people were killed and about 80 others wounded in attacks across the central Asian country.

In 2014, nearly 3,700 civilians were killed and more than 6,800 others wounded in conflicts and Taliban-led attack, according to official figures released by the UN mission in the country.

The officials blamed the attacks on Taliban insurgents and other armed groups for vast majority of the civilian deaths and injuries last year. Endi