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| Construction Worker Dies in Bomb Attack in S. Afghanistan |
| 2010-08-19 |
| [Tolo News] A road construction worker was killed and one other was wounded in a road side bomb explosion in southern Paktia Province, provincial officials said Confirming the incident, a spokesperson for governor of Paktia said after a vehicle of the road construction company hit a road side mine in Gardez, the provincial capital, earlier today, one worker of the company was killed and the other was injured. Taliban and armed anti-government groups use a huge number of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) to target Afghan security forces and foreign troops in the Afghan war. But, mostly civilians and construction workers are the victims of road side bomb explosions. Mines form the deadliest threat to foreign forces on their way fighting Afghan insurgency and according to the latest reports by the United Nations, aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society, more than 80 percent of the foreign forces' deaths are caused by IEDs. |
| Posted by:Fred |