{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"Dispatches: Afghan Civilians Pay the Price of Attacks","author_name":"Jim Murphy","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article239508.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article239508.html'\u003EDispatches: Afghan Civilians Pay the Price of Attacks\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EYesterday\u2019s deadly suicide attack at a police checkpoint outside a military base in Khost, in eastern Afghanistan, is a grim reminder that Afghan civilians bear much of the cost of the country\u2019s armed conflict. The checkpoint adjoined an outdoor market, and many of the at least 27 civilians \u2013 including 12 children \u2013 killed in the attack were in vehicles waiting to pass the checkpoint on their way home. Six members of the Afghan National Security Forces were also killed. No one as yet has (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}