Taliban Massacre 12 Afghan Civilians Over the Weekend - Have You Heard That ANYWHERE?

I guess you have to come to Holger Awakens to find out what atrocities the jihadis of the world are wreaking on humanity and Holger has to find out via foreign news services - the citizens of America are completely in the dark as to the atrocities committed each day by Islamic jihadis - sure, they hear about a chemical attack in Syria because Obama wants them to hear that but have any of you heard of 12 Afghan civilians killed in cold blood over the weekend by the blood thirsty mongrels of the Taliban?  Hell no.

The story comes from CBS ...whoops, no, not CBS....MSNBC....whoops, no, not MSNBC either...it's from Times of India.

Taliban kill 12 Afghan civilians, aid workers


KABUL: Insurgents shot and killed 12 civilians in two separate incidents over the weekend, including six aid workers employed on government projects, officials said on Tuesday.

The bodies of six victims were found in the Gulran district of western Herat province, said Jamel Danish, media adviser for the ministry of rural rehabilitation.

Five were Afghan employees of The International Rescue Committee who had been kidnapped on Sunday, and the US-based group said it was temporarily suspending operations. It has worked in Afghanistan since 1988. The sixth victim worked for the ministry.

"The IRC is devastated and grief-stricken by the deaths of our colleagues who were all working to make a better Afghanistan," IRC president George Rupp said in a statement.

President Hamid Karzai and the UN office in Afghanistan also condemned the killings, which the UN said could be classified as a war crime. The Taliban regularly target government employees.

Danish said the six were kidnapped by the Taliban and killed after negotiations to free them failed. His ministry with help from international groups seeks to improve the lives of Afghans in remote parts of the country.

Rohullah Samon, spokesman for eastern Paktia province, said six unidentified civilians were also found on Tuesday by a roadside. He had no other details.

In Kabul, a suicide bomber riding a bicycle was killed when his explosive went off prematurely, wounding a passerby, said Kabul deputy police chief, General Mohammad Daoud Amin. He said it was unclear what the intended target of the bomber was in the area of downtown Kabul where the explosion took place.

Violence in Afghanistan has increased in recent months as insurgents fight to regain territory, trying to take advantage of the handover of the country's security from the Nato-led coalition to Afghan forces ahead of the withdrawal of all foreign combat forces at the end of 2014.

Civilian casualties have spiked this spring and summer. The UN said in its mid-year report that casualties were up 23 per cent compared to the first six months of 2012.