Kabul: At least 50 people including civilians and army personnel were killed Tuesday after three suicide bombers attacked in a city in southwestern Afghanistan, according to Afghan officials.
According to an Interior Ministry spokesman, Mohammed Najob, said that the attacks began early Tuesday afternoon when 10 insurgents entered Zaranj, the capital of southwestern Nimruz province, with explosive devices strapped to their bodies.
Three of the bombers were shot before they could detonate their explosives, and four were detained, but the three others successfully attacked heavily populated parts of the city, according to Najob, who said that at least 30 people were killed and 60 wounded.
The attackers appeared to be targeting government buildings, Najob said, but because dozens of civilians were out doing holiday shopping for the coming Eid al-Fitr celebrations that mark the end of Ramadan, the bombs tore through dense crowds.
On Tuesday evening, a remotely detonated bomb killed 10 civilians and wounded 30 more in the northern province of Kunduz, according to provincial spokesman Sarwar Hosseini.
No one has yet claimed the responsibility of the terror attacks but the attacks bear the hallmarks of Taliban.
Gen. John R. Allen, commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, condemned both attacks.
“What we saw today were further acts of intentional mass murder,” Allen said in a statement. “Once again, I call on Mullah Omar to rein in his murderers. His intentions not to target civilians are hollow.”
Afghan President Hamid Karzai also condemned the attacks, calling the events proof that insurgents have no respect for the holy month of Ramadan.
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