Afghanistan: A passenger bus travelling to the Kandahar-Herat highway hit a “Taliban roadside bomb” in which at least 32 have been reported dead and 17 majorly wounded said Muhibullah Muhib, the spokesman for Farah province.
The passengers were travelling on Wednesday by the passenger bus when suddenly the bus hit a object and exploded into pieces. Most of the passengers could not survive the attack. Among the dozens of passengers mostly were women and children.
No immediate confirmation was giving regarding the attack. Taliban operators operate in that area frequently and it is suspicious that they may be ones behind the attack. Earlier they have tried to target government officials on the roadside but not many cases of passenger hits have come in limelight.
Casualties were dropped to 27% as that of last in the first half as compared to the last year, which was a record, but still 1366 were killed and 2446 were injured in the year 2019. It has also been said that United States and pro-government forces caused more civilian deaths than the Taliban and other armed groups for the second quarter running.
Farooq Barakzai, a spokesman governor confirmed that they have raised the security at the toll and will rise further in coming few days.
