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Afghanistan
Taliban deny their bombs cause most Afghan deaths
2012-10-22
"We're depraved and incompetent," the spokes-Talib added.
[Dawn] The Taliban dismissed on Sunday a UN report that roadside kabooms are causing most civilian casualties in Afghanistan as "Western propaganda."

Taliban front man Zabiullah Mujahid claimed that the cut-throats only use the weapons to target foreign troops and the Afghan cops.

"By spreading such propaganda they are trying to prevent us from planting bombs which cause the deaths of invaders in our country," he said in an emailed statement.

On Saturday, the UN mission in Afghanistan urged the cut-throats to end the use of roadside kabooms, also known as improvised bombs or IEDs, saying they were by far the biggest killer of civilians in the conflict. The organization used the term in reference both to bombs detonated by remote control and landmines that go off when a vehicle goes over them.
Posted by:Fred

#1  They need to get the word they should be going against infrastructure like water, cell towers, electricity and pipelines.
Posted by: Skidmark   2012-10-22 09:09  

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