9 July 2010 - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) confirms that a Ministry of Interior escort supporting a UNAMA road movement was struck by an improvised explosive device in Parwan province yesterday, 8 July, on the main Kabul-Bamyan road.

Three Afghan Ministry of Interior guards and one driver were killed and one guard injured. UNAMA offers its sincere condolences to the families of the guards and the driver who lost their lives, and to the Government's Ministry of Interior. UNAMA condemns this indiscriminate act, resulting in deaths and injuries.