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Violence killed 70 Afghans in February

Afghan security personnel inspect a damaged vehicle at the site of a bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, on February 26, 2015. (© AP)

Latest official data show that some 70 people, nearly half of them civilians, lost their lives and more than 80 others sustained injuries in a spate of terrorist attacks across Afghanistan in February.

According to the figures released on Sunday, as many as 20 bomb attacks took place in Afghanistan in the second month of the current year.

In the last attack of the month, two children were killed and 16 civilians were injured when a car bomb targeted the vehicle of Afghan lawmaker, Farhidoon Mohmmand, in the eastern Nangarhar Province. The legislator escaped the act of terror unharmed.

Additionally, about 11 roadside bomb attacks took place throughout Afghanistan last month.

At least 10 targeted killings happened in Afghanistan in February, leaving government officials, security forces and local leaders dead.

Pro-government civilians, civil servants, religious leaders and tribal elders were also the victims of targeted killings.

The US and its allies invaded Afghanistan shortly after the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City as part of Washington’s so-called war on terror.

Although the US-led invasion removed the Taliban from power, insecurity continues in the country.

The US-led combat mission in Afghanistan ended on December 31, 2014. However, at least 13,000 foreign forces, mainly from the United States, will remain in Afghanistan in what is said to be a support mission.

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