Thursday, January 3, 2008

Suicide Bombin In Afghanistan Kills 7


A suicide bomber in southwestern Afghanistan killed seven road construction workers and their police escorts today. Now, usually here at Holger Awakens, I don't post these more isolated kinds of attacks, whether they be in Iraq, Afghanistan or Pakistan.
However, I wanted to make a point here. And that is that the Taliban have apparently bought into the al Qaeda strategy of the suicide bomber...lock, stock and barrel. It was about 1 year ago that the Taliban announced that they would start using these tactics and we are seeing them more and more frequently. Also note that this attack came in southwestern Afghanistan - far from the more violent and hard fought southeast and east.
The peril that Afghanistan faces is a nationwide assault of these suicide bombings. We have seen the effects of this in Iraq in highly populated areas and in a country the size of Afghanistan, the chances of defending against this are almost nil. Finally, with Afghanistan's proximity to the madness of many Pakistani extremists, it appears that the gravy train of jihadists in suicide vests would be limitless.

Here's the full story of the attack.


7 Killed in Afghanistan Suicide Attack
Jan 3 08:21 AM US/Eastern
By NOOR KHAN
Associated Press Writer

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber attacked Indian road construction workers and their Afghan police escorts Thursday in southwestern Afghanistan, killing seven and wounding 12, an official said.
The convoy had been traveling on a main road toward the city of Khash Rod in Nimroz province when it was first hit by a remote-controlled bomb that was planted on a motorcycle, wounding one policeman, said Nimroz Gov. Ghulam Dastagir Azad.
The convoy stopped after the primary explosion, and a suicide bomber set off a secondary attack, killing six policemen and an Indian worker, Azad said. Ten policemen and two Indian workers were wounded.

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