A car bomb Sunday targeting an Afghan police headquarters in the western province of Ghor killed at least 12 civilians and wounded more than 100, officials said.
The attack took place in Feroz Koh, the capital of Ghor, a province that has not seen much violence compared to some other regions of the conflict-wracked country.
The ministry of interior said the car bomb detonated in front of Ghor police headquarters at about 11:00 am.
“The terrorists detonated an explosives-filled car… as a result 12 civilians were killed and more than 100 people were wounded,” the interior ministry said.
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Juma Gul Yakoobi, a Ghor health official, told AFP victims also included members of security forces.
No group has claimed responsibility, but fighting between the Taliban and government has surged in recent weeks.
“The explosion was very powerful,” said Aref Abir, spokesman to Ghor governor.
“There are fatalities and casualties, and people are taking them to hospitals.”
He said the blast damaged nearby buildings handling affairs for women and the disabled.
Peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government began in Qatar last month, but violence has continued unabated on the ground.
The talks appear to be stalled as the Taliban and the Kabul administration have struggled to establish a basic framework for negotiations.
of Justice and Solicitor General for the Government of Alberta in Canada, Kelechi (Kaycee) Madu, has lamented that policemen killed his cousin, Chrisantus Nwabueze Korie, in 2013.
This is as he noted that renaming the Special Anti-Robbery Squad to Special Weapons and Tactics team was not a significant reform.
The Nigerian-born lawyer, who is a former Minister of Municipal Affairs for the province of Alberta, Canada, narrated that there was no probe into the killing despite his petition to the National Assembly.
Madu, who attacked the image of his dead cousin to his series of tweets, declared his support for the advocacy against brutality, extortion, and extrajudicial killings by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad.
He said, “I support the people of Nigeria as they protest to end police brutality and extrajudicial killings. My own cousin Chrisantus Nwabueze Korie was murdered by Nigerian police in April 2013.
Despite my best efforts, the police would not investigate his murder and did everything to obstruct. I also helped to petition a committee of Nigeria’s National Assembly to probe the killing and report back to the House within a timely manner.
“Fundamental human rights like peace, security, and freedom from police brutality are universal. The Nigerian government has an obligation to protect its citizens and deliver substantive police reform.
“Changing the name of SARS and reconstituting it without significant reform won’t be sufficient to satisfy the cry of the Nigerian people for justice.”
A copy of the National Assembly’s resolution on the killing showed that Okorie was killed in the Mushin area of Lagos.
The resolution dated Tuesday, April 16, read in part, “The House notes the extra-judicial killing of Okorie of Umuevu village, Okirika-Nweke Autonomous Community, Ahiau-Mbaise Local Government Area in Imo State by the officer of the Nigeria Police on Thursday 11, April, 2013, in Mushin, Lagos State.
“Worried about the increasing spate of extrajudicial killing in recent times by the Nigeria Police; disturbed that if no decisive action is carried out, more innocent and defenseless Nigerians would continue to lose their lives, resolves to: Mandate the Committee on Police Affairs and Human Rights to probe the killing and report back to the House within two weeks.”
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