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Scores of Civilians Killed in Fighting Around Central Afghanistan Locals claim Taliban killed 43 civilians in Ghazni Province
The Taliban are accused of having killed scores of civilians in multiple operations in their territory across central and southern Afghanistan recently. Taliban leaders are denying any human rights violations occurred.
Residents of Malistan, a district in Ghazni Province, claimed that the Taliban killed a number of civilians for no apparent reason earlier this month. They estimated 43 civilians were slain.
33 more civilians, reportedly including religious scholars and journalists, were killed in Kandahar. The Afghan Human Rights Commission reported that they were killed in the past two weeks.
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58 Civilians Killed in Last Five Days in Afghanistan: Survey
Statistics by TOLOnews indicate that 60 civilians were killed and 143 more were wounded in explosions and armed attacks in four provinces from October 23-27.
The civilians were killed attacks in Kabul, Ghazni, Khost and Zabul provinces, the findings indicate. One of the attacks happened near a tutoring center in the west of Kabul on Saturday evening in which more than 30 people, mostly students of the center, were killed and 77 others were wounded. Another attack happened in Khost province on Tuesday morning. The attack involved seven attackers with three explosive-laden vehicles. The attack left five civilians dead and 33 others wounded.