4 Members of Local Police Killed in Taliban Attack in Nangarhar
Four members of local policemen were killed in a Taliban attack on a security outpost in the eastern province of Nangarhar on Monday night, a source said on Tuesday.
The attack took place in the Ghazi Baba area in Sorkh Rod district of Nangarhar, the source said.
Local officials have not commented on the incident.
Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack.
The incident comes amidst a sharp increase in violence in the country ahead of a key conference in Turkey that is expected to change the direction of the Afghan peace efforts.
Afghanistan: Targeted Killings of Civilians Escalate
Investigate Recent Insurgent Attacks on Women, Religious Minorities Security personnel inspect the site of a bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, March 15, 2021. AP Photo/Rahmat Gul
(New York) – Insurgent groups in Afghanistan have escalated their targeted killings of women and religious minorities, Human Rights Watch said today. Recent attacks have killed at least five women, mostly journalists and media workers, and seven factory workers from the minority Hazara community.
The Afghan authorities should carry out prompt and thorough investigations into the killings, which are apparent war crimes, and prosecute those responsible wherever possible.
Afghanistan: Targeted Killings of Civilians Escalate
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Investigate Recent Insurgent Attacks on Women, Religious Minorities
(New York) Insurgent groups in Afghanistan have escalated their targeted killings of women and religious minorities, Human Rights Watch said today. Recent attacks have killed at least five women, mostly journalists and media workers, and seven factory workers from the minority Hazara community.
The Afghan authorities should carry out prompt and thorough investigations into the killings, which are apparent war crimes, and prosecute those responsible wherever possible. A recent surge in targeted killings appears intended to drive women from public life and spread terror among minority communities, said Patricia Gossman, associate Asia director. Unidentified attackers have also gone after journalists, civil society activists, and professionals, killing many, driving some from the country, and leaving the rest to live in fear.
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At least seven Afghan civilians were shot and killed by a group of gunmen overnight in the country’s east and a physician died when a bomb attached to her rickshaw exploded on Thursday, provincial officials said.
The Islamic State group in a statement claimed responsibility for the bombing, saying its fighters had detonated a so-called sticky bomb placed on the vehicle of a woman. The statement claimed she worked for the Afghan intelligence service in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province.
Gen. Juma Gul Hemat, provincial police chief in Nangarhar, said the shooting attack victims were workers at a plaster factory in the Sorkh Rod district. Police arrested four suspects, he added.