Afghanistan: 58 Civilians Lost Their Lives In Separate Attacks

Afghanistan: 58 civilians lost their lives in separate attacks in Afghanistan between October 23-27.

According to a survey, at least 58 civilians were killed and more than 143 were injured in blasts and armed attacks in the four provinces of Afghanistan between October 23–27.

The Tolo News poll shows that these deaths occurred in the provinces of Kabul, Ghazni, Khost, and Zabul.

More than thirty people were killed in the attacks near a tuition center in Kabul on Saturday – mostly students while 77 were injured.

In Khost province, there was an attack on Tuesday involving seven attackers with three explosive-laden vehicles. Five civilians were killed and 33 were injured in the attack.

On the same day, an explosion in Kabul killed five civilians and injured 13 others.

The survey further revealed that in Zabul, eight civilians were killed in two explosions and 10 civilians were killed in an explosion in Ghazni province on Friday, according to the governor’s office.

Tolo News further stated that according to the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, 30 children died in the country in terrorist attacks in the last four days.

On Tuesday, a student of Hashim Nazri, a victim of a recent attack in PD 10 of Kabul city, was killed when he was on his way to school.

The victim’s father told Tolo News, ‘He was on his way to school. The suicide attack occurred around 1:30 pm. At first, we thought she was in school. Ali Akbar, another victim of the attack, lost his life in the blast.

Zabiullah Farhang, a spokesman for the Afghan Human Rights Commission, quoted Tolo News as saying, ‘There is a dire need for a ceasefire.

They should stop further violations of the rights of the Afghan people. ‘ The UN Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) report released on Tuesday.

UNAMA said that civilian casualties for the first nine months of this year fell by close to 30 percent compared to the same in 2019.

While the number of civilian casualties was ‘the most’. In the first nine months of any year since 2012, ‘the loss to civilians is shocking.’

UNAMA said that anti-government people are responsible for these deaths, which is 58 percent.

The report says that the number of civilians killed by the Taliban has increased by six percent in the first nine months of 2020.

But, compared to now, attacks by the Taliban have declined by 32 percent. This is the reason that civilians suffered fewer casualties this year.