Afghan policemen are seen at the site of an explosion in Kandahar, south of Kabul, December 6, 2011. — Photo by APYou know what? If Afghan President Karzai EVER complains again of civilian casualties by U.S. or NATO military operations I am going to lose it. We have now seen what has amounted to a solid week of persecution of Afghan civilians by the Taliban - between roadside IEDs, mosque bombings and marketplace bombings, the Taliban haven't mistakenly killed civilians, they have purposefully killed civilians.
From the report at DAWN:
Twelve people were killed Wednesday when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, a provincial government spokesman said.
“Twelve civilians, among them women and children, were killed today when their van hit in a roadside bomb,” said Daud Ahmadi.
He added that the civilians were travelling from provincial capital Lashkar Gah to Sangin district when the blast took place.
The deaths came the day after 59 people died in two blasts at Shia shrines, 55 of them in Kabul.
This is al Qaeda tactics in hyper drive - apparently the Taliban have adopted this new strategy to try and speed up the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country - as in Iraq, the strategy is to make it so horrible for the civilian population that they demand that the "crusaders" leave and so the civilians can see peace again.
One other thing I'd like to add - we have seen nearly 100 Afghan civilians, innocent civilians butchered in the past week by the Taliban - I ask you, have you heard one word of criticism by the media that constantly bitches about the Israelis' treatment of Gazans? If the media and other critics of Israel are simply concerned about the welfare of civilians, why aren't they complaining about the Taliban? Why aren't they referring to the Taliban society as one of apartheid?
The fact of the matter is that 200 Afghan civilians can be blown to bits including a majority of women and children and the world, the media don't utter a single peep about it...but one jihadi in Gaza who gets smoked while shooting off a rocket into Israel is splashed across every media front page in the world.
Roadside blast in Helmand kills 12 Afghan civilians
KANDAHAR: Twelve people were killed Wednesday when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, a provincial government spokesman said.
“Twelve civilians, among them women and children, were killed today when their van hit in a roadside bomb,” said Daud Ahmadi.
He added that the civilians were travelling from provincial capital Lashkar Gah to Sangin district when the blast took place.
The deaths came the day after 59 people died in two blasts at Shia shrines, 55 of them in Kabul.
Roadside bombs are frequently planted by Taliban-led insurgents fighting a decade-long war against Nato-led foreign troops and Afghan government forces.
There are around 140,000 international troops, mainly from the United States, in Afghanistan helping government forces combat the insurgency.
According to the UN, the number of civilians killed in violence in Afghanistan rose by 15 per cent in the first six months of this year to 1,462, with insurgents blamed for 80 per cent of the killings.
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