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| Afghan Blast Kills Five Policemen |
| 2015-09-21 |
| [AnNahar] A roadside kaboom has killed five Afghan coppers on patrol in the eastern province of Paktia, officials said Sunday, the latest in a series of deadly Lion of Islam attacks. The blast in Zurmat district in the troubled province bordering Pakistain hit a police vehicle Saturday evening and killed all five officers on board, provincial police chief Zulmai Oryakhail told AFP. The incident and corpse count was confirmed by the provincial governor's front man Naqib Ahmad Attal. No group or individual immediately grabbed credit but both officials blamed Talibs for the attack. Roadside bombs are the favorite weapon of the Islamist gunnies fighting to oust the Western-backed Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the Worldand didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... government. Separately a bomb kaboom maimed at least eight civilians in Asad Abad, the capital of Kunar province ... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country..... also on the border with Pakistain, provincial police chief Abdul Habib Sayedkhili told AFP. Militants frequently target Afghan police and military, but the surge in attacks has also taken a heavy toll on civilians. Nearly 1,600 non-combatants were killed and 3,329 injured in the first half of this year, according to U.N. figures. NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and organization.... ended its combat mission in Afghanistan last December and pulled out the bulk of its troops, leaving the front-line fight to Afghan forces. A 13,000-strong residual foreign force remains for training and counter-terrorism operations. |
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