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Taleban remnants kill six Afghan soldiers
Remnants of Afghanistan's ousted Taleban government have killed six Afghan troops in a restive southern province of the country, a local official said on Thursday. The soldiers were seized from a military vehicle on Wednesday in Washare district of Helmand province, Haji Mohammad Wali, a provincial spokesman said. "Then the Taleban killed the six soldiers and dumped their bodies near an underground water canal," Wali told reporters.
Are the Afghan troops allowed to shoot back? Just asking.
Suspected Taleban attacks have subsided since Afghanistan's first-ever presidential elections in October. Wednesday's attack had the highest death toll for months. Helmand lies near the border with Iran and Pakistan and is one of the leading narcotics-producing regions of Afghanistan.
Posted by: Steve White 2005-01-14
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