Insurgents hit NATO helicopter carrying Afghan governor, no one injured

                   
iht.com     May 17, 2008            

Insurgents fired a rocket that hit a NATO helicopter carrying the governor of a key southern Afghan province Saturday, but no one was injured, officials said. Helmand Gov. Ghulab Mangal and a delegation of British officials were about to land in the provincial town of Musa Qala when an insurgent... [read full story]                    

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Suicide bomber kills 4 civilians in Afghan south

alertnet.org     May 18, 2008          

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, May 18 (Reuters) - A suspected Taliban suicide bomber killed four civilians in an attack targeting a district police chief in a southern Afghan former insurgent stronghold on Sunday, a police official said. Taliban insurgents carried out more than 140 suicide bombings in...                    

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Blasts kills foreign soldier, five Afghans (AFP)

yahoo.com     May 18, 2008          

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) - A Taliban suicide bomber killed four Afghans on Sunday in the heart of a town taken from rebels five months ago and a foreign soldier in a US-led force died in another blast, officials said. The soldier, whose nationality was not released, was killed with an Afghan...                    

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Suicide bomber kills 4 civilians in Afghan market

cnn.com     May 18, 2008          

Five police officers among wounded, two civilians critically injured, chief says Bombing comes a day after Taliban forces attacked NATO helicopter In Badghis province, Afghan forces kill 15 Taliban fighters, colonel says From Farhad Peikar Journalist KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A suicide attacker...                    

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Bomber kills 4 at Afghan market

cnn.com     May 18, 2008          

Five police officers among wounded, two civilians critically injured, chief says Bombing comes a day after Taliban forces attacked NATO helicopter In Badghis province, Afghan forces kill 15 Taliban fighters, colonel says From Farhad Peikar Journalist KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A suicide attacker...                    

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Insurgents hit NATO helicopter carrying Afghan governor

legitgov.org     May 19, 2008          

'Insurgents' fired a rocket that hit a NATO helicopter carrying the governor of a key southern Afghan province Saturday, but no one was injured. Helmand Gov. Ghulab Mangal and a delegation of British officials were about to land in the provincial town of Musa Qala when an insurgent...                    

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Bazaar bomb kills four

legitgov.org     May 19, 2008          

A suicide attacker blew himself up in a busy bazaar in the key southern Afghan town of Musa Qala today, killing four civilians and wounding about eight people, police said. The attacker ran at a police vehicle patrolling the town, which was seized from Taliban control in December, and exploded on...                    

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Seesaw Afghan war strains ties among allies

iht.com     May 19, 2008          

Last autumn, groups of Taliban fighters swarmed into every village in this district in southern Afghanistan. Khakrez, two hours north of the city of Kandahar, is just one corner of a complex war in Afghanistan. But the seesaw nature of the fight here speaks to the larger problems facing NATO and...                    

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NATO helicopter carrying Afghan governor hit

independent-bangladesh.com     May 19, 2008          

REUTERS, MUSA QALA, Afghanistan - Suspected Taliban insurgents fired at a NATO helicopter carrying a provincial governor in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, forcing it to make an emergency landing, a Reuters witness said. The helicopter was flying Helmand governor Golab Mohammad Mangal to Musa...                    

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