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Afghanistan |
Two Pakistani drivers killed in Taliban attack |
2006-11-05 |
![]() Raufi said the assailants fled to nearby mountains after the attack. However, they had formed special teams to chase and arrest them. He said Taliban were involved in the killing of the drivers but the ousted militia did not claim responsibility so far. Burning of vehicles supplying fuel, foodstuff and other logistics to the NATO forces, is common in the southern and eastern parts of Afghanistan. Two drivers were killed in a similar incident in Ghazni province about a week back. Separately, a local governor claimed the NATO and Afghan forces had killed more than one dozen Taliban in an air strike in Kapisa province, situated some 35 kilometres northeast of Kabul. Taliban rejected the government's claim and said the troops had killed civilians in the air raid. The militia's purported spokesman Dr Hanif said they had attacked the NATO and Afghan forces in Tagab area of the province and killed several soldiers. The claims could not be confirmed from any independent source. |
Posted by:Fred |