NATO condemns insurgents for failing to observe UN Day of Peace in Afghanistan
22/9/2008 16:34
Despite the declarations of commitment to the UN Day of Peace yesterday,
the insurgents in Afghanistan chose to show their contempt for peace by
attacking and killing Afghan army and kidnapping innocent civilians, said a
statement released in Kabul by the NATO-led International Security Assistance
Force (ISAF) today.
"From shortly after midnight on Saturday, there were 28
recorded incidents across the country during the Peace Day, to many of which the
ANSF and ISAF were forced to respond to maintain the safety of the civilian
population," the statement said.
A police officer was killed by small arms
fire in Dahana-i- Ghuri district of northern Afghanistan's Baghlan province
today while a soldier with Afghan National Army was shot dead in Sangin district
of Helmand province in the south, it said.
Moreover, it noted that there was
an as yet unconfirmed report that as many as 131 innocent civilians had been
kidnapped in Bala Buluk district of western Afghanistan's Farah
province.
"Once again, the insurgents have demonstrated their contempt for
the democratically elected Government rule of law and stability in Afghanistan
and their total disdain for the safety and fundamental right of the Afghan
people to live in peace," it further added.
Conflicts and spiraling
insurgency have claimed the lives of over 38,00 people with around 1,445
civilians so far this year in the war-torn country.
Xinhua
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