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| Afghanistan |
| Work accident near Khost |
| 2003-04-13 |
| A car packed with explosives exploded in eastern Afghanistan, killing four people who apparently were planning a terrorist attack, an Afghan military official said Sunday. The blast late Saturday in Karwan Sarui, four miles east of the town of Khost, killed two unidentified Pakistani nationals and one man from Yemen, said Khial Baz, a regional commander. Baz said the fourth man was Bacha Malkhui, a former intelligence officer for the deposed Taliban government. He was driving the car. That's about what we'd expect. A Talib for local flavor, two Paks for muscle, and an Arab to be in charge. Not the best Arab, though... "They were planning some kind of terrorist attack, but we don't know what their target was," Baz told The Associated Press by telephone from Khost. "Now, remember, Mahmoud: park the car, arm the device, run like hell, and press the detonator." "Gotcha. Park the car, arm the device, press the detonator... Ooops." Malkhui's mother, who was passing by at the time, was wounded in the leg, Baz said. "What caused that terrible bruise to your shin bone, Mother Malkhui?" "That was my boy Bacha's elbow, I think. It mighta been his knee." Security forces found the vehicle's charred remains near Malkhui's house. Baz said the vehicle was a taxi and had come from across the border in neighboring Pakistan. Just a coincidence, of course... Security forces had been searching for Malkhui, after he was accused of firing two rockets toward a U.S. base in the same area a month ago, Baz said. And now they've found most of him... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |