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Afghanistan
Bomb Destroys Bridge in Afghanistan, Killing 18
2003-01-31
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A massive bomb blast exploded on Rambasi Bridge near the Kandahar on Friday, killing 18 people on a bus, deputy police chief Ustad Nazir Jan said.
Another brilliant move intended to convince the populace of Afghanistan of the inherit justice of the Taliban/al Qaeda cause...
While no group has taken responsibility for the explosion as of yet, Jan suspects fugitive members of the Taliban and Usama bin Laden's Al Qaeda network are responsible.

Only two people on the bus lived through the bridge blast, some six miles south of Kandahar, Jan added. Jan believes Afghan soldiers were the target of the explosion, which went off barely half a mile from an Afghan army post. Soldiers from that unit are loyal to Kandahar Governor Gul Agha Sherzai and routinely patrol the area, he said. "We believe they were the target, but we are investigating," he said.

Witnesses at the bridge said body parts lay on the ground around the bus, which was left a twisted and mangled hulk.
Posted by:Patrick Phillips

#4  Don't hold your breath, Anonymous...
Posted by: Ptah   2003-01-31 19:56:13  

#3  I wonder if Indymedia will orchestrate large protests against these killers of innocent civilians?
Posted by: Anonymous   2003-01-31 18:22:15  

#2  *Nods* I think you're right, Fred.
Posted by: Ptah   2003-01-31 14:51:46  

#1  The Talibs and the Hezbis make much of their heroism in fighting against the Sovs, and their compatriots supported their efforts then - the Hezbis who were in the field, anyway. The Talibs were safe in their madrassahs. But now they've turned to blowing up their compatriots because they can't have their way.

Note that the tactics are the same ones used in Kashmir. I don't think the Paks have the imagination to do anything differently in Afghanistan, and I think we'll eventually find out it's the same people who're making life hell in Kashmir who're trying to keep it hell in Afghanistan.
Posted by: Fred   2003-01-31 11:47:53  

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