Saturday, 27 June_Two Afghan human rights workers have lost their lives in a bomb explosion in the capital Kabul, officials say.
The deadly incident occurred in PD12 of Kabul in the Pul-e-Charkhi district, east of the capital, early on Saturday morning when the two employees were headed to their office, Afghanistan’s TOLOnews reported, citing Kabul police.
Separately, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) confirmed the incident, saying that 24-year-old donor coordinator Fatima Khalil and 41-year-old driver Ahmad Jawed Folad were killed in the blast.
“It is intolerable, assassinating human rights defenders is a war crime in the context of armed conflict,” the AIHRC further said, adding that its staff had previously been the target of attacks.
The Kabul police confirmed that the cause of the explosion had been a magnetic improvised explosive device (IED), which was attached under the AIHRC vehicle.
The district has been the scene of bomb attacks for many years.
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