SgtJim
01-20-2011, 07:46 AM
Published Date: January 20, 2011 KABUL:
Twenty Afghan civilians, including 13 children, were killed by a roadside bomb in southeastern Afghanistan yesterday, a senior official said, in the country's deadliest insurgent attack in nearly six months.
Brigadier General Josef Blotz, senior spokesman for NATO-led forces in Afghanistan, said 13 children and six women were among the dead in yesterday's attack in Khoshamand district of Paktika, a volatile province south of Kabul, that borders Pakistan.
It is another spike in this brutal Taleban arsenal and tactics and techniques. It is unjustifiable, it is brutal," Blotz said in an interview with Reuters. Earlier reports from Afghan officials said 13 civilians had been killed as they travelled in a motorized rickshaw to the district centre for medical treatment. Casualty tolls from such attacks can often increase hours after the incident. The bombing was the bloodiest insurgent attack since July 28 when at least 25 civilians were killed after their bus
was hit by a roadside bomb in western Afghanistan.
Twenty Afghan civilians, including 13 children, were killed by a roadside bomb in southeastern Afghanistan yesterday, a senior official said, in the country's deadliest insurgent attack in nearly six months.
Brigadier General Josef Blotz, senior spokesman for NATO-led forces in Afghanistan, said 13 children and six women were among the dead in yesterday's attack in Khoshamand district of Paktika, a volatile province south of Kabul, that borders Pakistan.
It is another spike in this brutal Taleban arsenal and tactics and techniques. It is unjustifiable, it is brutal," Blotz said in an interview with Reuters. Earlier reports from Afghan officials said 13 civilians had been killed as they travelled in a motorized rickshaw to the district centre for medical treatment. Casualty tolls from such attacks can often increase hours after the incident. The bombing was the bloodiest insurgent attack since July 28 when at least 25 civilians were killed after their bus
was hit by a roadside bomb in western Afghanistan.