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Pakistani driver and 2 assistants killed in Taliban attack
 QUETTA: A Pakistani driver and his two assistants were killed in a suspected Taliban attack on a fuel truck heading to the main US base in southern Afghanistan. The attackers fled after the 10 pm (local time) assault on Wednesday in the Dabari area of Spin Boldak district in Afghanistanâs Kandahar province, district chief Fazaluddin Agha said on Thursday. Speaking by phone, Agha said the fuel container truck, travelling from Pakistan, had been heading to Kandahar to supply the American military base there. He said such trucks had come under fire in the past. The body of the driver was sent to the border town of Chaman. Agha said that Afghan government forces were deployed to Dabari after the attack, but made no arrests. Posted by: Fred 2005-01-21 |
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