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43 soldiers killed in Taliban attack on Afghan army camp in Kandahar
 [DAWN] At least 43 Afghan soldiers were killed in a Taliban...Arabic for students... -claimed suicide kaboom on a military base in Kandahar on Thursday, officials said, the third assault on a security installation this week. Officials said the Taliban carried out two suicide boom-mobileings at the camp, setting off several hours of fighting that began late Wednesday. Afghanistan's ToloNews cited security officials saying that 60 soldiers were deployed to the base in the Chashmo area of Maiwand district. Just two soldiers are known to have survived unscathed after the attack on the base, the defence ministry said in a statement, adding that nine soldiers were maimed and six unaccounted for. Defence ministry front man Dawlat Waziri told AFP the attackers detonated at least one explosive-packed Humvee vehicle and razed the compound in the early morning assault. "We think the forces of Evil used an explosive-packed Humvee vehicle to detonate the gate of the base and we are looking to see if there was more than one," Waziri said. Posted by: Fred 2017-10-20 |
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