இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாத தாக்குதலில் மொத்தம் 59 குழந்தைகள் பலி

இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாத தாக்குதலில் மொத்தம் 59 குழந்தைகள் பலியானார்கள் என்று ஆப்கன் அமைச்சகம் தெரிவித்துள்ளது.

இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதத்தால் கொல்லப்பட்ட இந்த ஆப்கானிய குழந்தைகளுக்கு என் அஞ்சலி

இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதிகள் தங்கள் வன்முறை மார்க்கத்தை விட்டுவிட்டு அமைதிமார்க்கமாம் இந்துமதம் வர இறையை இறைஞ்சுவோம்.

Afghan suicide attack killed 59 children, ministry confirms
Associated Press
Friday November 9, 2007
Guardian Unlimited

Afghan men carry the body of a victim of a suicide bombing in Baghlan, northern Afghanistan, in which 59 children were killed. Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images


A suicide attack in northern Afghanistan earlier this week killed 59 schoolchildren and wounded 96 others, the education ministry said today.
The schoolchildren were lined up to greet a group of lawmakers visiting a sugar factory in the northern province of Baghlan on Tuesday when a suicide bomber detonated explosives.

In total, at least 75 people were killed, including several parliamentarians.

The 59 schoolchildren, aged eight to 18, and five teachers were among those killed in the attack, said Zahoor Afghan, a ministry spokesman.

The attack was the deadliest in the country since the removal of the Taliban regime from power in the 2001 US-led invasion.

"The education minister has ordered that no children should be ever again be used in these sort of events," Mr Afghan said.

The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, declared three days of mourning on Wednesday and ordered an investigation. No group has claimed responsibility, and the Taliban has denied any involvement.

Nato and Afghan troops, meanwhile, battled Taliban fighters near Gulistan district, in western Farah province, today.

The soldiers seized the district centre after it was overrun by militants last week, said Bariyalai Khan, the spokesman for the provincial police chief.

In southern Zabul province, Taliban militants on motorbikes ambushed and killed Shahjoy's district chief and two of his bodyguards yesterday, said Mohammad Rasool Khan, a district police chief.

The victims were shopping in a market when four militants on two motorbikes shot them dead, Mr Khan said.

US-led coalition forces and Afghan troops, meanwhile, clashed with Taliban insurgents in southern Helmand province's Nahr Surk district on Wednesday, leaving several militants dead, a coalition statement said.

The joint force was conducting a reconnaissance patrol near the district when insurgents fired on them with machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and small arms, the statement said.

"The combined force immediately engaged the Taliban fighters with small-arms fire and close air support, killing many of the insurgents before they fled the area," it said.

Violence in Afghanistan this year has been the deadliest since the Taliban was ousted. More than 5,700 people, mostly militants, have died so far this year in insurgency-related violence, according to an Associated Press count based on figures from Afghan and western officials.