Saturday, 11 June – According to officials, at least 21 people were killed following a string of attacks including a suicide bomber pushing an ice cream cart across Afghanistan on Saturday.
According to a report released by UN, the month of May is considered to be the deadliest month for Afghanistan since 2007.
At least 16 people were killed including eight children in the Khkrez district of Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan.
According to Abdul Raziq provincial police chief in Kandahar province, the incident took place when a minimum came across with a roadside explosive device, as a result all 16 on board were killed.
He further added that the bomb was planted by the Taliban militants to target NATO or Afghan forces.
In a separate incident in eastern province of Khost, at least three policemen including a child was killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the local police headquarters in the Shai Kali area.
According to provincial police chief in Khost province Sadar Mohammad Zazai, local police chief, Mohammad Zahir Khan was also killed among the four people killed in the blast. He further added that it is yet no clear if the Khan was specifically the target for Saturday’s explosion in Khost province.
On the hand, Hedayatullah Hamidi provincial health director of Khost province said that at least 25 others who were wounded in the incident have admitted to the hospital so far.
Meanwhile, according to provincial police chief Mohammad Hussain, a suicide bomber pushing an ice cream cart detonated his explosive device which killed at least one child and wounded three others in the central Ghazni province of Afghanistan.
According to an eyewitness who was present in the area, “the suicide attacker was a young boy with a thin beard and mustache wearing a scarf , he was pushing an ice cream cart. I was just standing 20 meters from him and then he exploded.”
On the other hand, a bomb killed two policemen and wounded nine others who were investigating an earlier explosion late Friday at a satellite television network office in Mehterlam city in the eastern province of Laghman, said Faizelullah Patan, a spokesman for the provincial governor.
However on Friday, a NATO service member died as a result of a noncombat related injury Friday in eastern Afghanistan, according to the international alliance. NATO did not release any other details about the death.
The Taliban announced its spring offensive several weeks ago and has been stepping up its attacks around the country. The insurgency has focused on Afghan security forces in a bid to undermine training and recruitment efforts of the international coalition, which hopes to transition security to the nascent Afghan force in targeted areas.
