[Iran Press TV] Clashes between Talibs and Afghan forces have left several dead amid deteriorating security situation in war-ravaged Afghanistan.| It's said things were getting better over there, but an Iran PressTV journalist wouldn't know that. |
Meanwhile,
...back at the ranch...
the Taliban claimed they had captured a cop shoppe in the region, killing all 16 officers on duty.
In a separate incident in the western Afghan city of Herat, a bomb kaboom near a police check post left at least three civilians dead and eight others injured.
Violence has spread from the country's south to its northern and western areas over the course of the past year despite the presence of some 150,000 foreign troops. According to statistics by the United Nations, aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society, the number of civilians killed in the first half of 2010 alone has seen a 25 percent rise compared to the same period last year, with more that 1,200 civilians killed. The deaths come as around 40,000 security guards are employed by dozens of private security firms in Afghanistan.
Kabul recently announced a decision to dissolve most private security firms by the end of 2010. The decision excludes a handful of the firms, allowing them to continue their operations in the country in order to protect foreign military bases and embassies.