.- On the first day of its announced spring offensive, the Taliban used a boy of 12 years as a suicide bomber blew himself up in an attack that left four civilians dead, said Sunday President Hamid Karzai, who called inhumane and anti-Islamic recruitment of minors. The attack was one of many that occurred in the country resulting in seven people dead, authorities said.
The rebel movement announced Saturday in a statement it would intensify its operations against military bases, convoys and Afghan authorities, among them members of the board of peace that promotes reconciliation with the main rebel leaders. The offensive was resumed a year after a winter lull in fighting.
"The use of children and young people who do not distinguish the difference between good and evil in the terrorist is inhumane and contrary to all Islamic principles," said agent. The suicide bomber detonated a vest packed with explosives in a bazaar in Barmal district, Paktika province, 260 kilometers (160 miles) southeast of Kabul, on the border with Pakistan.
The blast killed four civilians and 12 wounded, said Afghan Mokhlis, spokeswoman for the office of governor of the province. Among the dead and the possible target of the attack was Sher Nawaz, head of a new district council in the area of Zhaka, Paktika province, said Afghan. In announcing its offensive, the Taliban said it would limit the number of civilian casualties in their operations.
"Strict attention should be paid to the safety and security of civilians during spring operations by developing a thorough military plan," said . United Nations earlier this year released a report showing evidence that the Taliban were responsible for most of the civilian deaths occurred in Afghanistan in 2010.
Both the Afghan authorities and NATO have repeatedly claimed that the Taliban violates its own rules of combat. In Ghazni province, southwest of the country, gunmen fired on a checkpoint and killed two policemen and wounded a bystander during a gunfight in an hour, said Zerawar Zahid, chief of police of the province. 
The rebel movement announced Saturday in a statement it would intensify its operations against military bases, convoys and Afghan authorities, among them members of the board of peace that promotes reconciliation with the main rebel leaders. The offensive was resumed a year after a winter lull in fighting.
"The use of children and young people who do not distinguish the difference between good and evil in the terrorist is inhumane and contrary to all Islamic principles," said agent. The suicide bomber detonated a vest packed with explosives in a bazaar in Barmal district, Paktika province, 260 kilometers (160 miles) southeast of Kabul, on the border with Pakistan.
The blast killed four civilians and 12 wounded, said Afghan Mokhlis, spokeswoman for the office of governor of the province. Among the dead and the possible target of the attack was Sher Nawaz, head of a new district council in the area of Zhaka, Paktika province, said Afghan. In announcing its offensive, the Taliban said it would limit the number of civilian casualties in their operations.
"Strict attention should be paid to the safety and security of civilians during spring operations by developing a thorough military plan," said . United Nations earlier this year released a report showing evidence that the Taliban were responsible for most of the civilian deaths occurred in Afghanistan in 2010.
Both the Afghan authorities and NATO have repeatedly claimed that the Taliban violates its own rules of combat. In Ghazni province, southwest of the country, gunmen fired on a checkpoint and killed two policemen and wounded a bystander during a gunfight in an hour, said Zerawar Zahid, chief of police of the province.
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