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| UN condemns killing of a family in Nangarhar province |
| 2015-01-19 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] The United Nations ...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships... Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemned yesterdays killing of a family, as well as the driver of the taxi they were travelling in when the vehicle hit a pressure-plate improvised bomb (PPIED) planted on a road in the eastern province of Nangarhar. The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. A statement released by UNAMA said the family group was composed of a husband and wife, as well as two sons and a daughter aged between 4 and 12 years-old. The incident took place in the Soor Kalai area of Lal Pur district. The use of indiscriminate, victim-activated bombs in civilian populated areas is an outrage, said the Secretary-Generals Special Representative for Afghanistan and head of UNAMA, Nicholas Haysom. The use of indiscriminate weapons must stop immediately. According to UNAMA, Improvised bombs were the second largest cause of civilian casualties in Afghanistan during 2014, with numbers up from 2013. The statement by the UN mission further added that UNAMA will next month release its 2014 annual report on the Protection of Civilians, including detailed reporting on civilian casualties. Mr. Haysom emphasizes that international humanitarian law explicitly prohibits the use of weapons whose effects may not be limited and attacks which are not directed at a specific military objective. The statement by UNAMA also added that it extends its condolences to the families of all of those killed in the kaboom. |
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