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In one incident, a spokeswoman for the force said that three bombs had been placed around a school in the Nad-e Ali area in a bid to prevent civilians from using it.
But she said the area is now clear after a demanding op to make the IEDs safe.
The spokeswoman added: “The work is dangerous, requiring painstaking patience and constant concentration – it is physically and mentally challenging.
“But reopening schools and facilities is key to overall success and it is reward enough to see the appreciation of locals who know there is a brighter future for their children.”
Meanwhile, commanders with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have lambasted the Taliban for their attacks on civilians – which have been continuing despite the onset of the Ramadan, the holiest month in the Muslim calendar.
It would also appear that the fighters are ignoring calls from Mullah Mohammed Omar – the former leader of the ousted Taliban government in Kabul – who has issued a “code of conduct” to insurgents in an attempt to regain control of the movement.
In eastern Afghanistan alone, three civilians were recently killed and a further 15 injured during attacks, including strikes against mosques and places of worship.
Maj Patrick Seiber, a spokesman for ISAF Regional Command – East, said: “Taliban fighters have no respect for Ramadan, mosques, or any of the other tenets of Islamic culture that the average Afghan civilian holds as important.
“They continue to kill innocent Afghan civilians and are destroying the very Afghanistan they claim that they are championing,” Maj Seiber concluded.
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