Afghanistan: 129 civilians killed in a month Taliban violence

(ANSA) - KABUL, JULY 18 - In one month the violence of the Taliban resulted in the death of at least 129 civilians, including women and children, and the injury of 291 others, in 30 Afghan provinces, according to new official figures released by the National Security Council ( NSC).
    The bulletin talks about suicide attacks, targeted assassinations of magnetic explosive devices, which, writes the NSC, cause the death or mutilation of "innocent families" or singles, between 17 June and 18 July. in the bloodiest of these recent attacks, on 11 July in the province of Samnags 11 people were killed, mostly civilians, and 63 others injured. Last week the NGO Afghanistan Independent HumanRights Commission (Aihrc) in a report counted the deaths of 1,213 civilians (including 126 women and 225 children) have been killed since the beginning of 2020, to which 1,744 civilians or mutilated are added.
    In recent weeks there has been an intensification in Afghanistan of Taliban terrorism, which in recent months have signed a truce agreement with the United States, but not yet with the government of Kabul. (HANDLE).