TWO SEPARATE BOMB ATTACKS KILL 8 IN NORTH AFGHANISTAN

Kabul, 30 Jumadil Awwal 1435/31 Maret 2014 (MINA) –At least eight people have been killed and four injured in two separate bomb attacks, Monday, in the troubled northern Afghanistan, security sources say.

In the first incident, an officer was killed and three were injured as a police vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Kunduz Province.

A regional police spokesman says a similar attack in the same region has left seven gunmen dead and one injured. Press Tv quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

The latest attacks come days before presidential election in Afghanistan which the Taliban has vowed to disrupt.

They have also called on its militants to target all workers, activists, and security forces involved in the April 5 vote.

Militant attacks have already claimed the lives of several campaign workers and civilians over the past few weeks across various regions of the country.

There has been a surge in the number of militant assaults against Afghan forces, foreign troops and civilians in the war-torn country in recent months. US-led troops and Afghan forces are also falling prey to Taliban attacks on an almost daily basis.

Kabul and several other main cities have also come under major attacks over the past few weeks.

The United States and its allies invaded Afghanistan in October 2001 as part of Washington’s so-called war on terror.

Violence continues to plague Afghanistan despite the presence of thousands of foreign forces, more than 12 years after the US-led invasion of the country in 2001.(T/P012/P04)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)