Roadside bomb kills 12 civilians in Afghanistan
March 6th, 2011 - 10:14 pm ICT by BNO NewsPAKTIKA, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — At least 12 civilians, including women and children, were killed on Sunday by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan’s southeastern province of Paktika, the governor’s office said.
A passenger coach struck a roadside bomb in Wazikhwa district at 10am local time, killing 12 people and wounding five others. The victims were on their way to Sharan, the provincial capital, from Quetta city of Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province. The injured were taken to an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) medical facility in the area, Pajhwok Aghan News reported.
The Taliban insurgents were blamed for planting the bomb in the area.
President Hamid Karzai denounced the attack. Most of the victims belonged to one family, said the president, who added the target were poor people who travelled from one area to another to eke out a living.
ISAF and the United States Embassy in Kabul also condemned the insurgent attack.
“This brutal terrorist act demonstrates that the insurgents have no respect for human life,” the U.S. Embassy said in a statement .
- 13 die as gunmen open fire in Pakistan city (Lead) - Jul 30, 2011
- NATO soldier, 35 insurgents killed in Afghan clashes - Aug 24, 2010
- NATO apologizes for airstrike which killed Afghan women, children - May 30, 2011
- 25 killed as insurgent attack foiled in Afghanistan - Oct 08, 2011
- ISAF vehicle kills 5-year-old boy in southern Afghanistan - Mar 14, 2011
- Kandahar deputy governor killed in suicide bombing - Jan 30, 2011
- Five US, British soldiers killed in Afghanistan (Lead) - Jun 10, 2010
- Five NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan - Apr 16, 2011
- Roadside bomb kills nine taxi passengers in northern Afghanistan - Jan 17, 2011
- Bombs kill five foreign troops in Afghanistan - Aug 31, 2010
- NATO soldier, six workers killed in Afghanistan - Jul 06, 2010
- NATO soldier killed in Afghan attack - Jan 22, 2012
- 19 NATO tankers torched in Pakistan - Aug 22, 2011
- Seven civilians die in Afghan blast - Oct 03, 2010
- Gunmen attack bus carrying Shiite Muslims in southwestern Pakistan, killing 13 - Oct 05, 2011
Tags: afghanistan paktika, balochistan, bno, civilians, hamid karzai, insurgents, international security assistance, isaf, kabul, local time, medical facility, paktika afghanistan, passenger coach, planting the bomb, provincial capital, roadside bomb, taliban, target, terrorist act, united states embassy