Roadside bomb leaves six civilians dead in southern Afghanistan
At least six civilians have been killed and three others wounded in a bomb explosion in Afghanistan’s southern province of Ghazni.
Provincial governor’s spokesman Mohammad Shafiq Nang said a rickshaw was traveling along a road in the the Deh Yak district of the province, located approximately 30 kilometers (18.5 miles) east of the provincial capital of Ghazni, on Tuesday morning.
The vehicle touched off an improvised explosive device, triggering the explosion, he added.
He said the deceased were three women, two children and a man, adding that the passengers were heading to Ghazni.
No individual or group has claimed responsibility for the act of terror. However, such incidents are usually blamed on Taliban militants.
Roadside bombs and improvised explosive devices are by far the most lethal weapons the Taliban militants use against Afghan forces, foreign troopers and civilians.
In a separate development, Afghan forces have killed more than 50 Taliban militants and arrested nearly two dozen others during various clean-up operations across the war-stricken country over the past 24 hours.
The Afghan Interior Ministry said in a statement on Monday that 57 militants had been killed and eight others wounded in a series of operations carried out in the provinces of Baghlan, Faryab, Ghazni, Ghor, Kandahar, Kapisa, Kunar, Kunduz, Logar, Nangarhar, Sar-e Pol, Takhar and Uruzgan.
Afghan soldiers also confiscated light and heavy weapons, and defused a number of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the operations.
The statement did not mention whether there were any casualties on the side of the Afghan forces.
Afghanistan continues to face insecurity 14 years after the US and some of its allies invaded the country as part of Washington’s so-called war on terror. Although the invasion removed Taliban from power, many areas in the country are still beset with insecurity.
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