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78 suicide attacks killed 195 people in Afghanistan this year
(KUNA) -- The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) said insurgency has increased sharply in Afghanistan this year with 195 people killed by 78 suicide attack during that period, said NATO spokesman Major Luke Knitting while speaking at a news briefing here on Sunday. The spokesman said, in the past few months, violence has increased sharply across the country. Analysts believe the Taliban are using the tactics being used by terrorists in Iraq.

“The Afghan spy agency said the bombers were trained by Uzbek, Chechen and Arab trainers in neighbouring Pakistan and sent into Afghanistan to carry out attacks against Afghan and foreign troops.”
Since the beginning of this year, 13 foreign soldiers had been killed in suicide attacks, said the NATO spokesman. During the 78 attacks, 142 Afghan civilians and 40 Afghan security forces, including police and military, had also been killed, said the NATO spokesman. Three days back, the Afghan intelligence claimed they had arrested 17 would-be suicide bombers. The Afghan spy agency said the bombers were trained by Uzbek, Chechen and Arab trainers in neighbouring Pakistan and sent into Afghanistan to carry out attacks against Afghan and foreign troops.

Major Knitting said the NATO forces had beefed up security and their capability to deal with the suicide attacks was growing day by day. He said the militants were using cars and bikes in bombing which often result in civilian casualties. Regarding the progress achieved by the forces from the multinational military alliance to discourage suicide attacks, the spokesman said they had arrested 13 would-be bombers and handed them over to the Afghan government. The NATO forces have formally taken charge of command of the foreign troops across Afghanistan on October 5.
Posted by: Fred 2006-10-09
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