Afghanistan: 255 civilians killed, 500 injured by Taliban within the month of Ramzan

More than 200 blasts and 15 suicide assaults have rocked Afghanistan for the reason that begin of the Muslim holy month of Ramzan on April 13, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Afghanistan mentioned on Tuesday. Over 255 civilians have perished, and 500 others have been injured within the assaults that the Ministry has attributed to the Taliban.
On Tuesday, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani expressed his gratitude to the safety forces for stopping over 800 incidents of assaults, and within the course of arresting greater than 800 terrorists, who he mentioned shall be tried as per the legislation for finishing up terror actions.
The message from the Afghan president got here within the wake of the ceasefire announcement made by the Taliban on Sunday evening. The Taliban introduced that they’d observe a three-day ceasefire for the competition of Eid. On Monday, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani directed all the safety forces to watch the ceasefire throughout Eid.
Khan Agha Rezaee, head of the interior safety committee of the parliament, mentioned that there was a dire want for a ceasefire as this 12 months, there was numerous civilian deaths within the terror assaults. “Civilian casualties were high during Ramadan and there was a need for a ceasefire. We hope the ceasefire continues so that we can move towards the talks,” he mentioned.
According to TOLOnews, the variety of civilian casualties has elevated by a staggering 20 per cent over the past one month, that’s, the interval from April 13 to May 12, as in comparison with a month earlier than.
Even on the primary day of Ramadan, Afghan forces tangled with the Taliban, ensuing within the demise of 8 civilians and leaving 21 different injured.
A big variety of civilian deaths have been attributable to automobile bombs, which embrace a automobile bomb assault in Logar, one other one in Farsi district in Herat, a roadside bomb blast in Zabul and three different explosions close to Sayed-ul-Shuhada faculty in Kabul.
Recently, a robust explosion exterior a college in Kabul killed 85 Afghan women and injured scores extra, lots of them teenage women leaving class. Security companies pointed fingers on the Taliban for the assault however the Islamic extremist group has denied the duty. However, the analysts imagine that the assault might have been carried out by one of many splinter teams or offshoots of the Taliban.
With the upcoming American troop withdrawal, the depth and scale of assaults in Afghanistan have seen a pointy uptick, underscoring the precarious state of the nation’s inner safety that’s prone to being overrun by the Taliban as soon as the US forces depart the nation.