ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan
2010-07-IA-210
For Immediate Release

 KABUL, Afghanistan (July 29) - Insurgents killed six more Afghan civilians and wounded three more in improvised explosive device (IED) attacks in southern Afghanistan yesterday.

Four civilians were killed and three wounded when an IED detonated in the Mizan district of Zabul province. The wounded were airlifted to a military medical facility in Qalat to receive treatment. In the Khash Rod district of Nimroz province, two Afghan civilians were killed when their vehicle struck an IED.

In an earlier report, numerous civilians were killed when their bus was stuck by an insurgent -placed IED, also in the Khash Rod district yesterday.

The United Nations recently reported that incidents involving IEDs increased by 94 percent within the first four months of 2010 compared to the same period in 2009.

"ISAF remains committed to its mission to partner with the Afghan Security Forces to protect the Afghan people," said Col. Rafael Torres, ISAF Joint Command Combined Joint Operations Center director. "Eliminating the indiscriminate IED threat to civilians and military forces is a key focus for our operations."