KABUL, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Of the 173 people killed
by suicide bomb attacks in Afghanistan this year, 151 were Afghan civilians, the
NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said Wednesday in a
statement.
The statement denounced the suicide bombings as
"despicable" acts and "blatant disregard for human life and potential."
A British soldier from the NATO sits guard on a
armoured vehicle in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on July 23,
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The remaining victims are ISAF and the U.S.-led
coalition forces as well as Afghan authorities.
Due to their backwardness in equipment and military
tactics, Taliban and other militants frequently carry out suicide bombings
against foreign and government targets.
A suicide bomber killed 15 people including two U.S.
soldiers in eastern Kabul, Afghan capital, just outside the U.S. embassy on
Friday, and another suicide bombing killed Hakim Taniwal, governor of the
eastern Paktia province, on Sunday.
Afghanistan is suffering from a rise of
Taliban-linked violence this year, during which more than 2,300 people, mostly
Taliban militants, have been killed. Enditem
Taliban commander, foreigner arrested
in central Afghanistan
KABUL, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Afghan police detained a
Taliban commander and a foreign national in the central Ghazni province
Wednesday, said Tafseer Khan, the provincial police chief. >>>
19 militants killed in clashes in
Afghanistan
KABUL, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Nineteen insurgents were
killed in latest conflicts in Afghanistan, local officials told Xinhua on
Wednesday. >>>
Suicide bomber targets mosque in S.
Afghanistan
KABUL, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- A suicide bomber detonated
himself inside a mosque in Taliban's former stronghold Kandahar in south
Afghanistan Wednesday afternoon killing himself and destroyed the mosque, a
police officer in the area said. >>>
Over 200 Taliban militants killed in
Afghanistan
KABUL, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- More than 200 Taliban
insurgents and four ISAF troops were killed in a major offensive in the southern
Kandahar province of Afghanistan, ISAF said in a statement on Sunday. >>>
About 90 killed in bloody weekend in
Afghanistan
KABUL, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- At least 74 Taliban militants,
4 U.S. soldiers, and 10 Afghan policemen were killed in the fresh weekend
violence in war-weary Afghanistan. >>>
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