Bomb Kills 2 Afghans Guarding NATO Convoy

(AP)  A roadside bomb killed two Afghans guarding a convoy carrying supplies for NATO-led forces, while eight suspected insurgents and a police officer died in fighting elsewhere in the country, officials said Saturday.

The attacks were the latest in a relentless tide of violence in south and eastern Afghanistan over the last 18 months that has exposed the weaknesses of the western-backed government in the capital, Kabul.

Insurgents attacked the logistics convoy in southern Kandahar province, a former Taliban stronghold, with a remote controlled bomb, said provincial police chief Sayed Aqa Saqib. Two guards were killed instantly, while three others were wounded, he said.

Afghan soldiers in neighboring Helmand province shot and killed two suspected Taliban fighters as they attempted to plant a roadside bomb, said police officer Ghulam Wali. The bomb was later defused, he said.

On Friday, insurgents attacked a police patrol in eastern Paktika, sparking a gunbattle that killed six militants and one officer, the ministry of interior said in a statement. It gave no more details.

Violence in Afghanistan is running at its highest level since U.S. forces invaded the country in 2001 to oust the hard-line Islamic Taliban rulers, who had harbored al Qaeda leaders following the attacks on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001.

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Posted by oholiver1 at 09:45 AM : Aug 25, 2007


You have a hard time winning a fight with a coward. They will stab you in the back, put booby_traps in places where children play, shoot rockets from Mosques and hide in same. A coward does not honor his enemy or anyone else. He/she is a liar and blasphemer of the religion that they ''say'' they are fighting for. The cowardly Muslim say that their God (Allah) gave them special permission to murder, Lie, cheat, dishonor, Rape, infanticide and commit any and all crimes against humanity that they deemed ''unworthy''. If ''Allah'' actually said all that was good for Muslims to do then he would be a "FALSE" god.

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Strange that allah is so weak and always such a bad loser! Despite the Al-Qaedian demonoids often shouting themselves hoarse with "Allahu Akbar!'', they always lose in every firefight, and have to run away to hide or be killed for the murders and heinous evil they perpetrate? The Quran says victory comes only from Allah. Ali-Imran 3:116. This shows that the Al-Qaedians and their ilks are not of Allah, but of the devil Shaitan. They think they are so clever and cannot be beaten if they use suicide bombings, truck and car bombs to kill the defenseless innocent Muslim children, women and men. But the Quran says Allah is the greatest Schemer and Plotter against those who do evil. Ali-Imran 3:54, Al-Anfal 8:30. The Quran says Muslims must not kill Muslims, or Allah will reward them with Hellfire, surely not the 72 voluptuous virgins they hanker for free *** in Paradise! An-Nisaa 4:29, 92. For Allah does not guide the evil-doers. At-Tauba 9:36. But He is with those who keep away from evil and who do good deeds. Al-Nahl 16:128. Allahu Akbar! God is Greatest!