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Bomb attack kills Kandahar police chief
[Iran Press TV] A kaboom has killed a prominent police chief and at least two other coppers in the troubled southern Afghanistan, officials say.The kaboom targeted the police headquarters of Kandahar city, a Press TV correspondent reported. A governor front man says the bomber detonated his explosives as police chief Khan Mohammad Mujahid was leaving the headquarters in the lovely provincial capital. No group or individual has grabbed credit for the attack. There has been an upsurge in anti-government violence in recent weeks, with foreign and Afghan forces falling prey to Talibs on nearly a daily basis. The security situation has been steadily deteriorating in Afghanistan despite the presence of about 150,000 US-led foreign troops in the country. 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 style of the American pants... has admitted that gunnies have increased their power in Afghanistan since the 2001 US-led invasion. The invasion of Afghanistan took place with the official objective of curbing militancy and bringing peace and stability to the country. Ten years on, however, Afghanistan remains unstable and civilians continue to pay the price. Posted by: Fred 2011-04-16 |
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