Truck bomb in Kabul kills 7 people, wounds 400, as civilian casualties continue to climb

From the AP:

A bomb hidden in a truck exploded in the center of the Afghan capital, killing seven people and wounding about 400, police and health officials said Friday.

Police chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi said the pre-dawn blast was near a Defense Ministry compound, but that all of the victims were civilians, including women and children...

The blast comes after the United Nations said Wednesday that a growing number of women and children are getting hurt or killed in [Afghanistan]...

The total number of casualties in the almost 14-year conflict was up 1 percent in the first half of this year, compared to the same period last year, a new U.N. report said. However, the number of women casualties rose by 23 percent and children 13 percent.

The AFP reported on Thursday:

Civilian casualties in Afghanistan hit a record high in the first half of 2015, a UN report said Wednesday, as Afghan forces struggle to contain the expanding conflict six months after the NATO combat mission ended [as per Obama's exit strategy]...

Overall, casualties [dead and injured]] reached their highest level since the UN began issuing its authoritative reports in 2009.

The statistics are a grim indicator of the rising violence as the Taliban insurgency spreads north from its traditional southern and eastern strongholds, with Afghan forces increasingly battling the militants on their own.

US-led NATO forces ended their combat mission in Afghanistan in December...

But despite the rising violence in Afghanistan, President Obama, no doubt, has the Afghan people's backs ["I got your back!"] because he's the smartest and kindest individual on the planet.