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| Afghanistan |
| Four Afghan Police Die in Roadside Blast |
| 2010-02-18 |
| [Quqnoos] Four Afghan police were killed Tuesday as a roadside bomb struck their vehicle in Kandahar, officials said. At least five others were wounded in the explosion that occurred in Kandahar's Registan district, bordering Pakistan. "A police patrol hit a roadside bomb in Registan," Kandahar Police Chief, Gen Sardar Mohammad Zazy, said. The deaths take place as thousands of Afghan and NATO forces attack Taliban strongholds in Helmand province, neighbouring Kandahar. Operation Moshtarak, involving 15,000 troops, enters its fifth day in Marjah and Nad Ali districts of Helmand province. NATO officials say that improvised explosive devices (IEDs) have hampered the Helmand offensive, which has been launch to sweep out Taliban from their formidable strongholds. Afghan Defense Minister Gen Abdul Rahim Wardak also said last week to the reporters that "the area has been heavily mined, that's why we are moving so slowly." |
| Posted by:Fred |