Local fighters and ethnic armies battled the regime in several places, a female NLD lawmaker was arrested and the junta shelled an IDP camp among many other incidents.
A deputy battalion commander was reportedly among those killed when the Brotherhood Alliance of three northern EAOs attacked a Light Infantry unit in Kutkai Township.
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Asia and the Pacific: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot (4 - 10 May 2021)
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On 8 May, more than 60 civilians – mostly schoolgirls – were killed and more than 150 civilians were wounded by a car bomb which detonated in front of the Sayed Al-Shuhada school and by multiple other bombs in Dasht-e-Barchi, Kabul city. On 10 May, 11 civilians were reportedly killed and 27 others were injured when a bus was hit by a roadside IED detonation in Pul-e-Sokhta area in Tarnak Wa Jaldak district of Zabul Province.
The conflict between the Afghan National Security Forces and non-state armed groups continues to result in human casualties, including in Helmand Province where 100 people were injured, 11 killed, and 1,000 families were displaced by fighting on the outskirts of Lashkar Gah. Many of the displaced families have sought shelter in the city, where local medical care provider and humanitarian partners are providing medical assistance to wounded patients.