The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) announced on October 15, that the Taliban attacks on election process across Afghanistan killed 85 civilians and wounded at least 373 others, reports The Khamma Press. The report further added that the Taliban attacks during the day of elections on September, 28, 2019, killed 28 civilians and wounded 249 others. The report also added that the children formed more than one-third of the civilian’s casualties.
“These attacks, along with public statements made by the Taliban, revealed a deliberate campaign intended to undermine the electoral process and deprive Afghan citizens of their right to participate in this important political process, freely and without fear,” said Tadamichi Yamamoto, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan. “Many Afghan people, however, defied the threats and cast their votes – brave acts that I commend.”