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Horror – How Suicidal Attacks Left More Than 2,200 Civilians Dead

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They were ordinary civilians with neither arm no ideological quarrels with anybody, but no less than 2,200 of them have had to pay the supreme price

Some were wasted through suicidal attacks, and some via bomb blasts in the series of  coordinated onslaughts by the Taliban in Kabul.

They were unfortunate Afghan civilians killed in the past 12 months ,  the Afghan Interior Ministry confirmed on Saturday.

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“During 2019, Taliban terrorists conducted scores of suicide attacks, improvised explosive device (IED) explosions and guerrilla attacks.

“And the attacks left 7,391 civilians killed and injured nationwide during the year,” the ministry said in a statement posted on its website.

According to the ministry, 2,219 civilians were killed and 5,172 others wounded in 2019.

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Earlier on Saturday, one civilian was killed and two were wounded after a sticky IED explosion struck a vehicle in Mazar-i-Sharif, capital city of northern Balkh province, Adel Shah Adel, provincial police spokesman told Xinhua.

The target of the attack was not known immediately, agency reports indicated.

Taliban militants have been using home-made IEDs to make roadside bombs, landmines and suicide attack vest targeting security forces, but the lethal weapons also inflict casualties on civilians.

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The IED explosions, including IED-induced roadside bomb blasts and suicide attacks, were the leading cause of civilians’ casualties in 2019, followed by ground fighting and pro-government forces-related airstrikes, according to officials.

“The Interior Ministry considers targeting civilians as war crimes and condemned terrorist acts against the civilians,” the ministry added.

The Interior Ministry and Afghan National Police are committed to ensuring the safety of civilians and will spare no efforts to provide safety and security for all Afghans, the statement noted

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