Sunday, May 14, 2006

Afghanistan Incidents for 5-11-06, 5-13-06 and 5-14-06

May 11, 2006

Afghanistan
#1: Six Pakistani policemen were killed and seven injured in landmine explosions in Pakistan's South West Balochistan province today.


May 13, 2006

Afghanistan:
#1: (update) A local driver and a doctor with a German-based group were killed in Afghanistan when suspected Taliban attacked their UNICEF vehicle with rockets. A project manager for the UN children's agency was also seriously wounded in the attack Friday just 40 kilometres (25 miles) outside Herat, the main city in western Afghanistan, UNICEF said Saturday.


May 14, 2006

Afgahanistan:
#1: Gunmen on a motorbike shot dead the senior intelligence officer on Saturday night while he was going to his home in Lashkar Gha, the provincial capital of the southern province of Helmand

#2: In the northern province of Baghlan a bomb blast on Sunday injured seven people, including four Afghan police and three civilians, Stanikzai said.

#3: There were no injuries in the two explosions at the Kandahar airbase, which occurred just before 9 p.m. local time. The last four attacks have been Soviet-made 107-mm rockets, which have a range of about nine km. Mortars have a shorter range.

#4: a teacher wounded as anti-government militants opened fire in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, an official said Sunday.

#5: At least 15 people were killed and four injured on Sunday in a bloody battle between Afghan forces and Taliban militants in the restive province of Kandahar, confirmed an official. Eleven militants were killed in the battle field while four ANAsoldiers lost their lives and other four injured during the heavy fighting, he added.

Thanks to Whisker for providing these links to what is happening in Afghanistan.

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