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| Attacks leave 17 civilians dead in Afghanistan |
| 2013-08-18 |
| [Dawn] At least 17 civilians have been killed in multiple attacks in Afghanistan, officials said Saturday, underscoring increasing insecurity for ordinary people as foreign forces complete their withdrawal next year. An bad boy attack on a road construction workers' camp in Karukh district in the western province of Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... left nine workers dead overnight. "The Taliban attacked their camp along the Herat-Badghis road while they were asleep last," Abdul Rauf Ahmadi, provincial police front man, told AFP. The workers were employed by a government-owned road construction company, he said. A provincial governor front man confirmed the deaths, blaming "enemies of Afghanistan", a term used to refer to the Taliban. A roadside kaboom also killed five civilians, including women and kiddies, and maimed three others in the southern province of Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... province on Saturday morning. "A van hit a roadside kaboom in the Marjah district of Helmand killing five civilians and wounding three," Omar Zwak, the Helmand governor's front man, told AFP. They were on their way to Lashkar Gah, the scenic provincial capital, for shopping, he said. Also in Helmand, an IED (improvised bomb) killed three women in Musa Qala district on Friday, a police front man said. IEDs are the Taliban's weapon of choice in their battle against the US-backed government and foreign forces, but they often kill and wound civilians. According to recent United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... report, civilian casualties in the Afghan war rose 23 per cent in the first half of this year due to Taliban attacks and increased fighting between hard boyz and government forces. The increase reversed a decline in 2012 and raised questions about how Afghan troops can protect civilians as US-led NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the cut of the American pants... soldiers withdraw from the 12-year war. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 I just want the Caped Crusader to get the full Najibullah |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-08-18 14:52 |
| #2 raised questions about how Afghan troops can protect civilians as US-led NATO soldiers withdraw from the 12-year war They won't. The current Afghan government will collapse in the aftermath, albeit at a slightly slower pace than did the Soviet-back one. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-08-18 14:47 |
| #1 Karzai condemns US in 5...4...3.. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-08-18 11:15 |