Feature: Suicide Bombing Most Lethal Weapon In Afghanistan

Laying on hospital bed in Kabul and is unable to talk, the man is among the several victims of a suicide bombing which rattled Afghan eastern Paktika province on Sunday and had been shifted to Kabul for medical treatment.
However, the wounds received in chest, legs and hand speak of the pain he feels. "He cannot talk because of severe pain," A patient attendant told Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dustom who was visiting the injured persons of the blast in a hospital here.
According to Afghan Interior ministry, 53 injured persons of the deadly suicide bombing have been transferred to hospitals in Kabul for medical treatment.
In the deadly attack which happened at 04:30 p.m. local time on Sunday, a man strapped explosive device in his body and blew himself up among crowd of onlookers of volleyball tournament in Yahyakhil district of Paktika province, leaving at least 50 people dead and more than 60 others injured, all civilians, according to Paktika's provincial government spokesman.
A considerable number of the victims are children, according to the official. "We often visited the ground to play and also used to view volleyball matches played among youngsters there," an injured child laying at the hospital bed told journalists.
The indiscriminate suicide bombing has proved the most lethal weapon used by militants in Afghanistan as the victims are either killed or badly maimed. "I along with several friends were sitting and viewing the match of volleyball between two teams, suddenly a big bang turned the environment into dark and I lost conscious and when opening eyes, I found myself here in hospital," Juma Khan, 25, told a group of reporters in the hospital here. "I have no information about my friends," the terrified Khan whispered.
A short video clip taken by a journalist from the site of blast in Yahyakhil district indicated human limbs scattered around on the ground where the saddened residents of the area were digging grave to bury the dead ones.
Although no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, locals pointed finger at the Taliban militants who are largely relying on suicide and roadside bombing to terrorize people.
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani who visited the injured victims of the blast in the hospital in Kabul, blamed Afghan enemies for the coward attack and condemned it in its strongest term. "Our utmost demand from the government is to take necessary actions against Taliban and other terrorists to curb militancy and ensure security for the people," parents of suicide victim Qudsia said in meeting with Abdullah Abdullah, the chief executive of the government of Afghanistan.
Qudsia, a female student of medical university, lost her life along with two others in a similar suicide attack in Kabul a couple of weeks ago. (Cihan/Xinhua)