Roadside bomb kills 18 Afghan civilians

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Roadside bomb kills 18 Afghan civilians
Fri Jul 29, 2011 7:49AM GMT


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An Afghan soldier stands by the wreckage of a minibus that was hit by a roadside bomb in the Maiwand district outside Kandahar August 1, 2010.
A roadside bomb has struck a mini-van in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmad, killing all the eighteen people in the vehicle.


"The reports that I've received from the scene indicate that all 18 people in the vehicle have been killed," said deputy police chief Kamaluddin Shirzai on Friday.

The IED (improvised explosive device) exploded on Friday when the vehicle was on route from Nahri Sarrag district to the provincial capital Lashkar Gah, AFP reported.

IEDs, frequently used by the Taliban militants, have been responsible for the majority of civilian and security forces' deaths in the war that is dragging into its tenth year.

The first half of 2011 has been the deadliest six months for Afghan civilians since the US-led invasion of the country in 2001, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said in a recent report.

More than 1,462 civilians were killed from January to June, indicating a 15-percent increase compared with the same period last year, UNAMA said.

Militants have been responsible for 80 percent of the deaths, up almost a third on the first half of 2010.

The US-led NATO airstrikes have also been a leading cause of civilian causalities, leaving more than 79 Afghans dead in period in question, the report adds.

[ScimitarXEdge]

aaah but you Our good friend Ashraf knows these are all lies; the Taliban aren't actually responsible; ....they denied the incident right?

It was NATO setting up the Taliban.......because the Taliban never do any crimes...ONLY Nato does them,

[Afghanistan2010]

This was a mine,not a roadside bomb that is used by the Taliban.

There were many mine explosion killing civilians,as for a minded person it is probably like in iraq (the americans bombed shia and sunni mosques to make sectarian war) it is similar to this.

That the american terrorists are using IEDs to target civilians to make the afghan people against the successful insurgency.

[ScimitarXEdge]

ooh now it was a mine .....I see....again shifting blame where blame is due.

[Chelsea-Fan]

Insurgent killed while planting IED

Afghan and Coalition forces have killed an insurgent who wanted to plant an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in a Northern Province of Baghlan, official said Sunday.

A German Military official told Wakht News Agency that the insurgent was killed by the joint forces when he was planting a roadside bomb at Baghlan-Kandoz Highways at Shahr e Khana area.

The official further said that the joint forces also unearthed and defused a landmine emplaced near Abu Muhammad School at Baghlan.

He also appreciated the residents of the area for their cooperation with the security forces.

No insurgent groups or any individual have claimed responsibility.


Report: Sultanzoi

Of course, the Taliban are angles and very brave.

[Talal]

They seem to be increasing the number and frequency of these coordinated attacks, yesterday it was 19 people in uruzgan and isn't Helmand supposed to be under ANA control ?

[Afghanistan2010]

The attack where it happend is in Laskhar Gah,which was handed over to the Apostate Ghulami Urdu from the terrorist US Forces.