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Roundup: Militancy kills 16 civilians in Afghanistan

Xinhua, April 10, 2015 Adjust font size:

The ongoing violent incidents in the shape of suicide and roadside bombings have claimed the lives of 16 civilians and injured 12 others in the militancy-plagued Afghanistan on Friday, officials said.

In a bloody roadside bombing which struck a mini-bus in Ghazni province with Ghazni city as its capital 125 km south of the capital of Kabul, 12 civilians, including women and children, had lost their lives, deputy to provincial governor Mohammad Ali Ahmadi said.

"A mine planted by militants struck a civilian vehicle in Dehmullah village of Khogiani district at around 10:00 a.m. local time (0530 GMT), leaving 12 people aboard dead," Ahmadi told reporters.

Six women and children are also among the victims, the official said, adding that the area where the deadly blast happened is controlled by the Taliban.

Taliban militants, who are fighting the government with suicide and roadside bombings, have yet to claim responsibility.

In another attack which occurred almost in the same time in Nangarhar province with Jalalabad as its capital 120 km east of Kabul, four civilians had been killed and 12 others sustained injuries, the provincial government said in a statement.

"The terrorists conducted a suicide car bomb against a convoy of foreign forces outside provincial capital Jalalabad at around 10:00 a.m. local time (0530 GMT), leaving four people, all civilians dead and injuring 12 others," the statement said.

However, the statement didn't say if there were casualties on foreign troopers.

The foreign forces serving in Afghanistan under the codename of Resolute Support have yet to make comment.

Civilians mostly bear the brunt of war in the militancy-hit Afghanistan as nearly 3,700 civilians had been killed and more than 6,800 others wounded in conflicts and Taliban-led militancy in 2014 in the war-weary country, according to a report released in February by the UN mission.

Meantime, Afghan observers believe that militancy would get momentum in spring and summer commonly known as fighting season in Afghanistan. Endi