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| Afghanistan |
| Seven civilians, four Taliban killed in Afghan violence |
| 2007-08-15 |
| Six Afghan civilians, one security guard and four Taliban were killed in two separate incidents on Tuesday, police said. The six Afghanis had been travelling in a minibus near a convoy bringing supplies to NATO-led troops that came under attack in Kandahar province on Monday, the provincial police commander said. An Afghan guard with a US private security firm was also killed in the attack, police chief Sayed Agha Saqeb told AFP. Five vehicles, including three trucks, were destroyed, he added. The attack was in the Zhari district, just west of Kandahar city, which sees regular clashes between Taliban-led insurgents and troops. A separate clash between troops and insurgents on Monday in Ghazni province, further north, left four Taliban dead, provincial police chief Alishah Ahamdzai said. Another was arrested. |
| Posted by:Fred |