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| NATO soldier killed in Afghan multiple suicide attack |
| 2014-01-05 |
| [Pak Daily Times] JALALABAD: Six Taliban suicide kaboomers launched an assault on a joint Afghan-NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... base in the east of Afghanistan on Saturday, killing one NATO soldier during a prolonged firefight, officials said. One attacker in an explosives-packed vehicle went kaboom!at the entrance of the base in Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province, and five other Death Eaters were shot as they tried to storm the facility. NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) confirmed one fatality in a suicide attack in the east of the country, without giving further details. Afghan and Western officials said the attack took place in Shinwar district, a volatile area on the main highway from Kabul to neighbouring Pakistain, where many Taliban Death Eaters seek shelter. "Around 8:00 am, a jacket wallah let 'er rip and the other five were bumped off by Afghan cops. Their bodies lie at the scene," Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, front man for the Nangarhar governor, told AFP. In an emailed statement to the media, Taliban front man Zabihullah Mujahid grabbed credit for the attack. |
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