(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The United Nations has strongly condemned the killing of 12 civilians in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, when two vehicles travelling to a wedding party hit pressure-plate improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted on the road, UN news centre reported.
"Rising civilian casualties in 2014 from IEDs, particularly indiscriminate pressure-plate IEDs, is extremely disturbing," said Nicholas Haysom, the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan.
"I reiterate UNAMA's call to all anti-government elements to cease using these terrible weapons which have devastating consequences for civilians," he added
Explosion kills 7 in Parachinar
PESHAWAR: At least seven people were killed and three wounded when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in northwest Pakistan yesterday in a suspected sectarian attack, officials said.
The incident took place when a Datsun pick-up truck hit an IED near Parachinar, the main town of Kurram tribal agency which lies along the Afghan border and is a hotbed of both Taliban-linked and Sunni-Shia violence.
"It was a roadside IED, four people died on the spot while three others died in the hospital," Maqsood Hassan, a local government official said.
An intelligence official confirmed the incident, adding that the vehicle was carrying people from a Sunni dominated area while the bomb was exploded in a Shia area.
Islamabad gun attack injures 1
ISLAMABAD: Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a security patrol in a crowded Islamabad market yesterday injuring one police commando, according to officials.
The incident occurred in Melody Market, a congested shopping and eating area, as a Rapid Response Force (RRF) comprising both paramilitary rangers and civilian police were patrolling, police official Abdul Majeed said.
"One personnel of the elite force has been wounded and taken to the hospital," Majeed said.
Details of the attack including the number of gunmen were not yet clear but police are combing the area searching for the culprits, Majeed said.
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