Posted on 12/26/2005 6:19:16 PM PST by ElkGroveDan
SIX suspected Taliban militants were killed when a landmine they were planting on a road exploded in Afghanistan's insurgency-hit southern province of Kandahar, officials said today. The incident occurred last night in Maywand district, Kandahar police chief Abdul Malik Wahidi said.
Maywand administration chief Mohammad Nabi Idari said the men were planting the landmine on a road used by Afghan and US forces on patrol.
The dead were believed to be Taliban, whose regime was ousted by a US-led military campaign in late 2001 for sheltering terror mastermind Osama bin Laden and his Al-Qaeda network.
Separately police said they had arrested three militants in neighbouring Dand district and charged them with planning suicide attacks.
"Police arrested a man who was carrying a large amount of explosives on a motorcycle. He tipped the police about two others who were detained later," Mr Wahidi said.
Advertisement: He said police recovered four motorcycles, all fitted with explosives, from the suspects. The detainees are all Afghans.
"The suspects have confessed they were planning suicide attacks in the city," the police chief said.
Afghanistan has witnessed regular attacks linked to an insurgency by remnants of the Taliban and their Islamic allies, including those from the Al-Qaeda network.
A series of other attacks was reported from south-western Farah and southeastern Paktia and Khost provinces in the past two days.
Suspected Taliban insurgents kidnapped a police officer and two tribal chiefs yesterday after ambushing their convoy in Farah.
A policeman was injured in the fighting with the attackers, local district official Mohammad Qasim Majboor said.
The same day, dozens of Taliban rebels attacked a government building in Khost, injuring a policeman, Khost police chief Mohammad Ayoob said. A similar attack on Friday on another government building was thwarted by the security forces.
Earlier, the Taliban shot and wounded a police officer when they raided a government building in Zurmat district in Paktia, local official Ghulam Nabi Salem said.
The Taliban-related violence has killed more than 1500 people this year, many of them militants.
A US-led coalition of about 20,000 troops, mainly American, is based mostly in the insurgency-hit south and southeast to help Afghan forces hunt down militants.
Ooohhhhh, I hate that!
LOLOL
I just love Darwin!
Now gather round close so you can see what Ahm doin.
Here Achmed, hold muh Bee er, camel milk.
Every now an then a good piece of news comes forth. Boom!
No Achmed, don't pull that...........
Allah Akba....KABOOM!!!!!!!!!
QOTD!!!! LOL
It figures a 'moon god', with a pedophile prophet, would be cloning a pre-human wench to service it's "martyrs".
LOLOL
This will not make CNN.
Best news I've heard all day. Sweet justice.
"Watch carefully, I'm only going to show you this once..."
Man, I hate when this happens. :-)
The religion of peace strikes again. In reverse.
It's the revenge of the Buddha!
L O L
DOOHHH!
Hoisted by their own petard PING list.
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