Car bomb attack kills four civilians in southern Afghanistan

[News_Editor]

Car bomb attack kills four civilians in southern Afghanistan

2012-01-27 05:30:18 GMT+7 (ICT)

LASHKAR GAH, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Four civilians were killed on late Thursday morning when a suicide car bomber targeted a British convoy in southern Afghanistan, officials said. Dozens more were injured.

The attack happened at around 10:40 a.m. local time in front of the Afghanistan Stabilisation Initiative (ASI) and Education Department offices in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province. A convoy carrying civilian employees of the British Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) was nearby.

Afghan officials said the attack left four civilians killed, including two ASI employees, a child and a passer-by. At least 34 others were also injured in the blast, including two foreigners whose nationality were not immediately released.

In addition to the casualties, more than a dozen vehicles were destroyed and nearby residences and offices were damaged, according to a provincial spokesman. The British Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) said it believes its convoy was the target of the attack.

"This reprehensible attack further illustrates that the Taliban and other insurgents have no respect for the lives of innocent Afghan civilians, especially women and children," a spokesperson for the U.S. Embassy in Kabul said. "The United States mourns the loss of life in Lashkar Gah, and our sympathies go to all the victims and their families. We remain a steadfast partner of the Afghan people against the scourge of international terrorism."

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

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[Carib]

"This reprehensible attack further illustrates that the Taliban and other insurgents have no respect for the lives of innocent Afghan civilians, especially women and children," a spokesperson for the U.S. Embassy in Kabul said. "The United States mourns the loss of life in Lashkar Gah, and our sympathies go to all the victims and their families."

The usual political correct PC BS speech , just look at how much respect there was for the innocent Afghan civilians in Haditha, and then take a look at what happened afterwards. First the usual cover up of course, and when they finally had to admit that people got killed for no reason at all, they come up with a sentence which makes running a red light look worse.

The US had a chance to try to at least do the remaining family members some justice, and to show the world that they distanced themselves from this slaughter. But they failed in a sickening way, and now they mourn innocent Afghan civilians??? Give me a break.

[Scott]

The statement was from the U.S. Embassy, but the intended target was believed to be The British Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT).

What is it you think the US Embassy should do to give the remaining familes justice?

[Carib]

The statement was from the U.S. Embassy, but the intended target was believed to be The British Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT).

What is it you think the US Embassy should do to give the remaining familes justice?

I am not in for games Scott, I think my post is clear as to what is wrong with the whole picture of the now so-called mourning for Afghan civilians by the US representatives in Afghanistan, while the US justice system back home shows nothing but contempt judging by their verdict if it concerns "other" Afghan civilians which were brutally killed by "our" side.