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Eight killed in renewed Taliban attacks
The headline's al-Jizz spin. Seven of the eight killed were Talibs...
A suspected Taliban attack on government offices in southeast Afghanistan has left eight people dead amid a wave of renewed anti-government activity. The fighters attacked Khak-e-Afghan administrative building in Zabul province at 2030 GMT on Thursday, Zabul deputy governor Mawlawi Mohammad Omar told AFP on Saturday.
| He's a Mawlawi. Mullah Omar's only a mullah, so he outranks him. Or is it the other way around? I forget... |
One government militiaman was killed in the fighting which lasted three hours. "Seven to eight Taliban bodies were also seen being carried by Taliban fighters early in the morning in nearby villages," Omar said.
| That accomplished a lot, didn't it? But wait! There's more... |
The Taliban also kidnapped four close relatives of the district chief and threatened to kill them unless the governor surrendered the district to them, he said.
| I took over Pennsylvania like that a few years ago. Popped on up, kidnapped the governor's wife and kiddies and threatened to slaughter them like goats unless he turned the state over to me. I held it for four days, but then was forced to retreat when Ohio counterattacked. I had time to loot Altoona, though. Another couple days, and the riches of Pottstown could have been mine... |
Zabul province was a former nest of lunatics Taliban stronghold and fighters continue to launch attacks from mountain hideouts.
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-11-08 |
