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| Afghanistan | ||
| Taliban attack US base in Herat | ||
| 2011-05-11 | ||
| [Iran Press TV] Talibs say they have launched a missile attack on the biggest US-led military base in the troubled western Afghanistan. According to a Taliban front man, the gun-hung tough guys shelled a military airport in Shindand town in Herat Province, a Press TV correspondent reported. Qari Yousef Ahmadi said the attack has inflicted heavy casualties and damage on foreign troops. Taliban also claim that they have inflicted heavy casualties on Afghan troops. The Taliban front man also claimed that an official with Afghanistan transportation ministry has been killed in the attack. However, The essential However... Afghan military and government officials are yet to confirm the incident.
Meanwhile, ...back at the precinct house, Sergeant Maloney wasn't buying it. It was just too pat. It smelled phony... beturbanned goon attacks and bomb kabooms have also killed at least three US-led soldiers in the ongoing war in the country's troubled south over the past 24 hours. So far this year nearly 170 foreign soldiers, most of them American, have been killed in Afghanistan.
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| Posted by:Fred |