Twin roadside bombs killed seven Afghan security personnel in the east of the country, while insurgents destroyed a convoy of trucks ferrying supplies for NATO-led troops, officials said Monday. According to AP, the blasts in Kunar province on Sunday destroyed two vehicles, killing four intelligence officers, one policeman and two private security guards, said Ajmal Mukhtar, a spokesman for the provincial governor. According to AFP, six people were killed, who were all Afghan militia fighters hired by US-led forces in the fight against the Taliban. Kunar province lies near the border with Pakistan Also Sunday, AP reported that militants attacked a 12-truck convoy carrying supplies for NATO-led troops in southern Zabul province, destroying all the vehicles and sparking a gunbattle that left one of the attackers dead, said Jailani Khan, a police official. However, AFP said the convoy had been consisted of some 50 trucks and 16 vehicles had been torched.
Also on Monday, Reuters reported that a Taliban spokesman warned that the militants planned to abduct and kill more nationals from foreign countries whose troops serve under NATO and the US military in Afghanistan. The vow comes just days after the Taliban released 19 South Korean hostages after their government struck a deal that critics said sets a dangerous precedent that could spur more kidnappings and make life even more dangerous for foreigners. “We consider it [kidnapping] as an arm that can help us in imparting a blow to the enemy,” Taliban spokesman Qari Mohammad Yousuf told Reuters by telephone from an undisclosed location. Yousuf, one of two Taliban spokesmen, said the group would not target nationals from foreign countries who have no troops in Afghanistan.