NNI: Afghan soldiers captured eight Taliban fighters, including two commanders, after a fierce battle left two soldiers dead in a mountainous southern region of the country, a senior government official said yesterday. The clash happened on Tuesday when the soldiers were sent to the area of Sur Ghar, or Red Mountain, to arrest Taliban fighters suspected of killing an Italian tourist last week, the provincial governor, Hamidullah Khan Tokhi, said. The Italian, Orfeo Bartolini, was shot in the Shahjoi district of Zabul province. He reportedly had been travelling by motorcycle from Europe to the eastern Indian city of Calcutta.
"Y'ain't from around these here parts, air ye, stranger?"
"Why, no. I'm a tourist, just passing through on my way to Calcutta on my motorcycle..."
"Mahmoud, kill him. And I get his shoes!" |
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