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| Rockets Explode Near Offices in Kandahar |
| 2003-02-28 |
| Two rockets found inside a bag exploded near government offices in Kandahar, Afghanistan early Friday, but there were no casualties, officials said. A guard at the foreign affairs ministry office in the city's Shehr-e-Nau district found four rockets hidden in a bag at around 7 a.m., said Attaullah, an intelligence official. The guard informed the nearby intelligence department, but two of the rockets exploded before the bomb disposal squad could reach the site, he said. The other two were defused. "We cannot accuse any group at the moment, but we are investigating," said Attaullah. While there was no immediate claim of responsibility, similar incidents in the past have been blamed on remnants of the Taliban and al-Qaida. Kandahar is the former spiritual headquarters of the repressive Taliban regime. My guess would be Hek's bully boyz... On Monday, an explosive device went off near the home of Education Minister Dawood Barak in Kandahar. On Tuesday, a district administrator in nearby Nimroz province was assassinated. Local authorities say the Taliban and their allies, likely from among soldiers loyal to rebel leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, are increasingly active in the area, carrying out guerrilla-style hit-and-run operations. It's going to take more than just the U.S. forces to root them out. And as they're rooted out one by one, the Karzai government can't keep releasing them when they're caught... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 I must say I take comfort in the decreasing intensity of the Taliban attacks on legitimate institutions of Afghanistan. Soon they will have to resort to throwing stink bombs and leaving lit bags of dog shi* on doorsteps! Most of the big boomers seem to have corraled themselves in Pakistan. |
| Posted by: mjh 2003-02-28 14:09:22 |