The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Monday condemned bomb attacks in civilian-populated areas in the capital Kabul and Badakhshan in north Afghanistan earlier in the day, killing at least 22 people, a UN spokesman said here.

"The mission has reiterated its call for anti-government elements, including the Taliban, to immediately cease all attacks in civilian-populated areas and any attacks deliberately targeting civilians, including attacks against diplomatic facilities and personnel," Farhan Haq, the deputy UN spokesman, said at a daily news briefing here.

At least 22 people were killed in the two separate bomb attacks in Afghanistan on Monday, reports said.

The death toll included at least 14 when a suicide bomber struck a minibus carrying Nepali security contractors in the capital Kabul, reports said.

Hours later, a second bomb attack killed at least eight civilians and wounded 18 others in a crowded market in Badakhshan, said the reports. 
Source:XINHUA