3 civilians killed, 4 injured in Parwan overnight raid

CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): Three civilians were have been killed and four others injured as a result of foreign forces night raid in the Jabal Saraj district of northern Parwan province, security official said on Friday.

Maj. Alozai Ahmadi, commander of security forces coordination centre in Parwan, said the night raid was conducted in the Bain-i-Bagh village at around 12:00am on Thursday night.

“Foreign and local security forces conducted the operation to detain criminal Mohammad Wazir but the operation was not coordinated, a security forces unit from Kabul cooperated with foreign forces through the land in the operation,” he said.

He said there was no news about the killing of Mohammad Wazir in the raid while some bodies still lay at the site of operation.

Qari Mohammad Edress, the resident of locality said: “Security forces often conducted raid to arrest Mohammad Wazir this time they dropped bomb on his house in which four members of his family were killed and eight others, including three women injured.”

Tens of residents of Jabal Saraj protested against the overnight raid and currently blocked the Parwan-Kabul highway.

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