No Casualties After Blast Apparently Targets Election Workers In Afghanistan
As polling officials in Afghanistan began training today for the country's upcoming elections, the United Nations
temporarily stopped road missions to Rodat District in Nagarhar province after a blast apparently targeted election
workers there.
There were no casualties and only minor material damage when a vehicle of the Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB)
was hit by an improvised explosive device on Saturday, UN spokesman Manoel de Almeida e Silva told reporters in Kabul
today.
Citing preliminary reports, he said the device "had a remote controlled system and it seems that it could have targeted
this JEMB vehicle."
The standard suspension of UN missions to the area will remain pending a complete assessment.
Measures to improve security are underway in Jalalabad, meanwhile, where the cantonment of heavy weapons was slated to
start today. In that city and in Kabul, some 13,780 officers and soldiers have been disarmed, including 12,350 currently
being reintegrated into civilian life, Mr. de Almeida e Silva said.