Washington, April 28: Three US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldiers have been injured when a roadside bomb targeted their convoy in southern Afghanistan.
The remote-controlled bomb went off on Thursday as an ISAF convoy was passing through Mirwais Mina district of the province of Kandahar, a Press TV correspondent reported.
Violence in Afghanistan has spiked to record highs since the US-led invasion in October 2001.
The Taliban have concentrated their roughly 10-year fight against the US-led forces in Afghanistan’s southern provinces of Helmand and Kandahar.
Roadside bombs or improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are by far the most lethal weapon Taliban militants have used against foreign troops, Afghan forces and civilians.
Statistics about civilian death toll in Afghanistan are not available. However, it is estimated that between 14,000 and 34,000 Afghan civilians have been killed since the beginning of the war.
Tens of thousands of Afghan civilians have also died as a consequence of displacement, starvation, lack of medical treatment, crime and lawlessness resulting from the war.
Afghan Interior Minister Zemarai Bashary said in a recent report that 2010 was the deadliest year for the civilians in the war-torn country since 2001.
Meanwhile, hundreds of civilians have been killed in US-led airstrikes and ground operations in various parts of Afghanistan over the past few months.
Western public opinion is growing increasingly tired of the war. Death of civilians in NATO and US attacks has also fueled tensions between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his Western allies.
—-Agencies