Militancy, conflicts claim over 100 lives last week in Afghanistan
Militancy, conflicts claim over 100 lives last week in Afghanistan
17:04, March 18, 2010 
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By Abdul Haleem
Continued militancy and conflicts have claimed more than 100 people's lives with overwhelming of them non-combatants over the past week in the insurgency-plagued Afghanistan.
The Taliban-led militants who staged a violent comeback in 2005 have largely relied on suicide bombings and roadside attacks which often claim the lives of civilians than the military.
Since last Friday, according to officials, 105 people including civilians, Taliban militants and NATO soldiers have been killed and dozens others got wounded in the war-ravaged Afghanistan.
However, the bloodiest one is the multiple explosions in Taliban birthplace Kandahar in south Afghanistan.
The militants in a commando-style attack carried out four suicide attacks and gun battle in their former spiritual fiefdom Kandahar city, capital of Kandahar province, on Saturday evening, killing 35 people and injuring 57 others.
Only 13 of those killed in the multiple attacks, according to the Interior Ministry spokesman Zamarai Bashari, were police while the remaining were civilians including women and children.
A day later on Sunday, Kandahar experienced another blast but this time a roadside bomb which injured five people including four Pakistani nationals of a construction company.
Over the past week, four militants were killed in Pashtunkot district of the northern Faryab province in clash with security forces on Friday while a day later on Saturday, six civilians were killed as a roadside bomb struck a car in the southern Uruzgan province.
During the period, according to officials, at least three local Taliban commanders have been arrested and over four dozen militants were killed, while Taliban outfit disputed the claim, stressing majority of those killed by troops are civilians.
Taliban militants also shot dead an official of local administration Jawed Aalami in Ghazni province over the past one week.
However, the security forces in achievements against militants, shot dead two suicide bombers who were attempting to target an aid agency in Taliban hub Helmand's provincial capital Lashkar Gah on Wednesday morning without harming civilians.
During the period, 30 Taliban militants also laid down arms and joined the government troops in the western Herat province, vowing to support peace and reconstruction process in the country.
Furthermore, two militants equipped with suicide vests and assault rifles were detained from the peaceful Badakhshan province on Monday and discovered three weapon caches containing 50 tons of arms and ammunition including suicide vests, explosive devices and mines were found from Shindand district of western Herat province on Wednesday.
In the war-torn country, where its residents described it as an unlucky nation and traffic law is poorly respected a road accident collision between a passenger bus collided and truck turned all its 35 ill-fated passengers to ash on Wednesday.
Source: Xinhua
Continued militancy and conflicts have claimed more than 100 people's lives with overwhelming of them non-combatants over the past week in the insurgency-plagued Afghanistan.
The Taliban-led militants who staged a violent comeback in 2005 have largely relied on suicide bombings and roadside attacks which often claim the lives of civilians than the military.
Since last Friday, according to officials, 105 people including civilians, Taliban militants and NATO soldiers have been killed and dozens others got wounded in the war-ravaged Afghanistan.
However, the bloodiest one is the multiple explosions in Taliban birthplace Kandahar in south Afghanistan.
The militants in a commando-style attack carried out four suicide attacks and gun battle in their former spiritual fiefdom Kandahar city, capital of Kandahar province, on Saturday evening, killing 35 people and injuring 57 others.
Only 13 of those killed in the multiple attacks, according to the Interior Ministry spokesman Zamarai Bashari, were police while the remaining were civilians including women and children.
A day later on Sunday, Kandahar experienced another blast but this time a roadside bomb which injured five people including four Pakistani nationals of a construction company.
Over the past week, four militants were killed in Pashtunkot district of the northern Faryab province in clash with security forces on Friday while a day later on Saturday, six civilians were killed as a roadside bomb struck a car in the southern Uruzgan province.
During the period, according to officials, at least three local Taliban commanders have been arrested and over four dozen militants were killed, while Taliban outfit disputed the claim, stressing majority of those killed by troops are civilians.
Taliban militants also shot dead an official of local administration Jawed Aalami in Ghazni province over the past one week.
However, the security forces in achievements against militants, shot dead two suicide bombers who were attempting to target an aid agency in Taliban hub Helmand's provincial capital Lashkar Gah on Wednesday morning without harming civilians.
During the period, 30 Taliban militants also laid down arms and joined the government troops in the western Herat province, vowing to support peace and reconstruction process in the country.
Furthermore, two militants equipped with suicide vests and assault rifles were detained from the peaceful Badakhshan province on Monday and discovered three weapon caches containing 50 tons of arms and ammunition including suicide vests, explosive devices and mines were found from Shindand district of western Herat province on Wednesday.
In the war-torn country, where its residents described it as an unlucky nation and traffic law is poorly respected a road accident collision between a passenger bus collided and truck turned all its 35 ill-fated passengers to ash on Wednesday.
Source: Xinhua
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