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Taliban Suicide Attack Kills 14, Including NATO Troops
 [An Nahar] A jacket wallah tore through an Afghan-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... foot patrol in a crowded city on Monday, killing at least 14 people, including three foreign troops and their interpreter, officials said. Taliban forces of Evil grabbed credit for the attack near a market in the eastern city of Khost. Four Afghan police and six civilians were also killed, and 57 were maimed, local officials said. "Today at around 8:30 am (0400 GMT) a suicide bomber on a cycle of violence targeted a joint patrol in Khost city in a crowded area. "Six civilians and four police, including the commander of the quick reaction forces, were killed," the governor's office said in a statement, while the Interior Ministry said 57 people were maimed. NATO's US-led International Security Assistance Force confirmed that three NATO service members and an ISAF-contracted interpreter had been killed in the attack. The Taliban Islamists said on their website that the suicide kaboom was carried out by "a hero mujahid, Shohaib, from Kunduz", claiming that eight foreigners and six Afghan soldiers were killed. Posted by: Fred 2012-10-02 |
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