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| Afghan governor: Suicide attackers strike Kunduz |
| 2010-07-02 |
| An Afghan provincial governor says four suicide bombers have attacked a small inn in northern Afghanistan. Kunduz provincial governor Mohammad Omar said Friday that two suicide bombers blew themselves up and two others entered the guest house Friday morning in Kunduz city. He says one Afghan policeman was killed and another Afghan policeman and three private security guards working for foreigners were wounded. Talk about low yield. That's like walking into a bank and robbing the penny tray. Also in the article: U.S. and Afghan troops seized a key Taliban figure after a four-hour gunbattle — part of a strategy that NATO officials said Thursday had eliminated more than 100 insurgent leaders in the past four months. Surprise attacks against the Taliban leadership are carried out mostly by U.S. special operations troops, whose numbers in Afghanistan have tripled in the past year. Between April 1 and June 25, 110 Taliban figures, including shadow governors, commanders and their deputies and bomb makers, have been captured and 32 killed, according to Lt. Col. John Dorrian, an operations spokesman at NATO headquarters in Kabul. He said another 500 insurgents have been killed or apprehended in the nearly daily operations — largely in the south where the Taliban are strongest. "Intelligence is reporting that the insurgency is having difficulty replacing the leaders who have been taken off the battlefield," NATO chief spokesman Brig. Gen. Josef Blotz said. "One insurgent recently captured told the assault force that captured him that he was ... tired of running." No sense in dieing tired, Mahmoud. Best to look rested and at your best when SOF comes for you. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #1 This might be the incident. US aid office under attack in Afghanistan Afghan police said Friday they were battling suspected Taliban militants who entered the office of a US aid organisation in northern Afghanistan. A large number of police had surrounded the compound of Development Alternatives Inc (DAI) in the northern city of Kunduz, an AFP reporter on the scene said. Gunshots could be heard from inside the compound, he said. A police officer said "at least three armed Taliban have entered the office", but there was no immediate word on casualties. Police said they believed that some guards on the gate might have been killed as the militants entered the compound. The siege began at about 5:30am (0100 GMT). It was not known if there were American citizens inside the compound. DAI is a so-called "implementing partner" of Washington's international aid arm USAID. |
| Posted by: ed 2010-07-02 00:55 |