UNAMA Condemns Kabul Suicide Attack

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چهارشنبه 5 جوزا 1395 ساعت 15:57 نوشته شده توسط TOLOnews.com

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The United Nation's Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemned Wednesday's suicide attack on the weste fringes Kabul which killed eleven civilians and injured ten others.

"The suicide bomber detonated against a shuttle bus transporting employees of the Maidan Wardak provincial court. The blast, that occurred in the Pul-e-Bagh Daud Area of the Paghman District of Kabul Province, killed and injured civilian passengers of the bus and bystanders in the area, including six children," according to a statement issued by UNAMA.

The incident took place at about 9am local time Paghman district when the court employees of central Wardak province while they were on their way to the province.

No group has as yet claimed responsibility for the incident.

The statement said that since 1 January 2016, UNAMA has verified 14 separate attacks targeting judges, prosecutors and judicial staff, which have resulted in nine civilian deaths (excluding Wednesday's attack) and 19 civilians injured, as well as four incidents of abduction of judicial staff.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for seven of these incidents.

"Attacks against judicial authorities are cowardly and contrary to inteational humanitarian law," said Nicholas Haysom, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Afghanistan and head of UNAMA.

"I unreservedly condemn today's attack, demand accountability for the perpetrators and urge authorities to do everything in their power to ensure adequate protection of judicial officials."

The UN Mission reiterates that inteational humanitarian law, to which all parties to the armed conflict are bound, prohibits attacks directed against civilians and the use of indiscriminate tactics, particularly suicide attacks using improvised explosive devices.

UNAMA expresses its heartfelt condolences to those who have lost their loved ones in these attacks and wishes a speedy recovery to those who have been injured.

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