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Afghanistan |
14 militants, 8 civilians killed in Afghanistan |
2008-10-14 |
Six civilians were killed and two more wounded when a minibus hit a roadside bomb in Zana Khan district of Ghazni province on Monday. "The roadside bomb was planted by insurgents who were targeting a foreign or Afghan military convoy using this road," said governor's spokesman Sayed Ismail Jahangir. Separately, two civilians were killed and three injured when a rocket landed on their home in Khost on Sunday. "The rocket was aimed at a nearby foreign troop base," said the provincial police chief Abdul Qayum Batizoy. In another incident, international and Afghan troops killed five militants in an operation targeting a foreign fighters' network in Ghazni province on Monday, said a statement by US military. Nine Taliban insurgents were killed during a joint operation by Afghan and international troops in Ghazni's Waghaz district on Sunday, said provincial police chief Mohammad Zaman. |
Posted by:Fred |
#4 Also helps to spell check. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-10-14 14:40 |
#3 Don't you have to have a civil society before you can have civilins? |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-10-14 14:39 |
#2 ed, It is unimportant who killed the civilians; they were killed only because the Americans (& Coalition) were there, so it is the fault of the Americans. Re-check your style guide. |
Posted by: Glenmore 2008-10-14 07:27 |
#1 I hate these headlines. They infer the Afghans and coalition killed both the taliban and civilians. It is only after reading the text that all eight civilians were killed by the |
Posted by: ed 2008-10-14 01:48 |