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Afghanistan
19 killed as Afghan violence continues
2008-01-02
KABUL, Afghanistan - Roadside bombs and military operations in Afghanistan killed 19 people, including 14 terrorists Taliban fighters, as the record violence that Afghanistan saw in 2007 continued into the new year, officials said Wednesday.

Afghan and foreign troops killed eight terrorists suspected Taliban fighters Tuesday in southern Afghanistan, while a roadside bomb in the east's Khost province killed two Afghan security guards working for a U.S. military base, an Afghan Defense Ministry statement said.

Five other terrorists militants were killed in separate incidents when roadside bombs they were planting exploded prematurely, the ministry said. Taliban militants killed an Afghan army officer and wounded another in Helmand province's Sarkono area, it said.

Police in Khost killed a would-be suicide bomber who was carrying hand grenades as he tried to enter a police checkpoint Tuesday, said Wazir Pacha, a spokesman for Khost's provincial police chief.

A roadside bomb in the south killed two border police in Kandahar province, said Gen. Abdul Razik.
Posted by:anonymous5089

#1  "separate incidents when roadside bombs they were planting exploded prematurely"

Multiple timely detonations? This is a pattern I like.
Posted by: Glenmore   2008-01-02 15:26  

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