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Boomer Kills 9 in Helmand
 [Quqnoos] A suicide bomber attacked a supplying-convoy of foreign forces, killed four Afghan drivers and wounded eight others, officials said SaturdayThe delivery vehicles were parked outside a military base in Gereshk district -- 35 km north of Lashkar Gah, the capital of the restive Helmand province -- when the bomber struck the vehicles. Taliban militants claimed responsibility for this attack. Helmand Police Chief, Gen Asadullah Shirzad, confirmed that five Afghan security forces have been killed and eight others were injured in the shocking explosion. "Eight tankers and four smaller vehicles used by the guards for the convoy were set alight, " an official said. The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), mostly British troops stationed in Helmand have not made an immediate comment on the attack yet. A Taliban spokesman, Qari Mohammad Yousuf Ahmadi said that at least 33 guards were killed and 13 others were wounded in the bombing, carried out by a Taliban militant. A district official said most of the wounded are civilian drivers. The insurgents, who have vowed to intensify their attacks against the Afghan government and foreign forces regularly attack convoys that provide logistical support to the international troops. Posted by: Fred 2009-06-13 |
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