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| A Foreign Forces Convoy Targeted in Northern Afghanistan |
| 2010-08-06 |
| [Tolo News] A convoy of foreign forces was attacked by the Taliban insurgents on Thursday afternoon in Tagab, a district in northern Kapisa province An Afghan civilian was wounded in the incident, foreign officials say. The foreign forces have yet to comment on troops' casualties in the incident. The attack took place as Taliban insurgents Wednesday in an attempt to gain control over some parts of Laghman province, attacked the province in which 20 militants were killed and another ten were wounded in clashes with the Afghan security forces. Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and road-side bombs are the deadliest and overused weapons used by the Taliban in the Afghan war and have claimed a huge number of civilian and foreign forces' lives since the US-led invasion in 2001. The number of foreign forces' deaths in the infamous Afghan war has reached 415 according to icasualties.org, an independent site that tracks the deaths of foreign troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
| Posted by:Fred |