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Afghanistan

Roadside Bomb Blast Kills Afghan Soldiers

2009-08-10

[Quqnoos] Three Afghan soldiers and two intelligent agents were killed by a roadside bomb in southern Zabul province on Sunday, officials said The Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blew up as the Afghan forces were trying to neutralise it in Shahjoy, a remote district in the restive Afghan province, deputy to provincial Police Chief, Ghulam Jilani Farahi, told Quqnoos. The incident occurred at about 9:00am on Sunday in Qara Bagho, a village of Zabul, where Taliban militant are present at large groups.

Zabul province is neighboring Kandahar, the spiritual birthplace of the Taliban, in the volatile southern region. No groups, including the Taliban, have claimed responsibility for planting the roadside bomb.

Posted by:Fred

#4 My logic reads: where locals are doing nothing to stop bomb planting

There's this little thing called 'retaliation'. Perhaps you've heard of it.

Say a local calls in an IED planting. That night, or the night after, he disappears or he and his family are found mutilated and hanging from the rafters of their hut. If they're lucky, the rest of the village is spared.

Until the Afghanis start providing protection, you aren't gonna see local involvement.

Posted by: Pappy 2009-08-10 21:28

#3 I watched the movie, "The Hurt Locker" on anti-bomb operations in Iraq. If the film is accurate, then field practises are insane. Depicted soldiers are shown exposing the bombs while protective units eye-ball the area to see if someone in the open (!) has a cell phone detonator. My logic reads: where locals are doing nothing to stop bomb planting, suspected bomb plant sites should be destroyed by remote counter-bombing. As for local damage, there won't be any if the public reports same.

Posted by: Unitle Borgia4836 2009-08-10 20:16

#2 Could be both, OP.

Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-08-10 13:49

#1 Either the bomb disposal training of the Afghan Army is extremely poor, or the Taliban have begun to booby-trap their IEDs to explode when anyone attempts to defuse them.

Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-08-10 13:42

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