Suicide bomber blows himself up in Afghanistan's Bagrami district, child injured
Kabul, July 20 (IBNS): At least one child was hurt when a suicide bomber blew himself up in Afghanistan's Bagrami district on Friday, media reports said.
According to reports, the bomber blew himself up before reaching the target.
Crime Branch Chief Gen. Salem Almas told the Pajhwok Afghan News the bomber wanted to enter a Jami Mosque in the Qala-i-Numan area but identified by the police.
The incident occurred at around 12.30 pm.
The injured child was taken to hospital for treatment.
Police have cordoned off the area.
Casualty figure in Afghanistan:
The number of civilians killed in Afghanistan hit a record high in the first half of the year, despite last month’s unprecedented ceasefire between the Afghan Government and the Taliban, the United Nations reported on Sunday.
According to the latest figures released on Sunday by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, known as UNAMA, there were 5,122 civilian casualties (1,692 deaths and 3,430 injured) in teh first six months of 2018 – a three per cent overall decrease in casualties from last year.
But civilian deaths were up by one per cent, the most recorded in the same time period since UNAMA began documentation of civilian casualties in 2009.
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