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Afghanistan
13 killed in Afghanistan
2006-07-25
Two coalition soldiers were badly wounded in the latest of a wave of Taliban-linked suicide attacks in southern Afghanistan on Monday, while 13 people died in other violence. The soldiers were travelling in a convoy of US-led coalition and Afghan army vehicles outside Kandahar when a suicide attacker detonated a van filled with explosives, sending his body parts across the blast site, the coalition said.

In another incident, three policemen were killed and seven wounded in western Farah province when hundreds of militants attacked a police post just after midnight, sparking three hours of heavy fighting, the Interior Ministry said. In the same province, security forces shot dead three men on a motorbike who failed to stop at a check post and were believed to be planning a suicide attack, ministry spokesman Yousuf Stanizai said. After the shooting, police took the motorbike to a military base where an undetected bomb planted on it exploded, wounding a man and two of his children, Stanizai said.

In neighbouring Ghor province meanwhile the bullet-riddled bodies of an Afghan pharmacist working for international relief group World Vision and his driver were found dumped outside their vehicle late on Sunday. On the other side of the country, attackers hurled grenades into the home of a village postman in eastern Khost province, killing three of his daughters, a district chief said, linking the Taliban to the incident. In eastern Afghanistan, an attacker travelling in a taxi from Pakistan exploded two grenades at a border police checkpoint in Khost province late on Sunday, killing a civilian and wounding three others, police said.
Posted by:Fred

#2   Allan will reward you well.
Yep, got a nice, ringside seat, right in the MIDDLE of the fire for ya!
Posted by: Old Patriot   2006-07-25 14:26  

#1  Oh Lions of Islam - slayers of relief pharmacists and daughters of postmen; it takes great strength of will to overcome your natural revulsion at committing such acts: Allan will reward you well.
Posted by: glenmore   2006-07-25 07:24  

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