News, June , 2007
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Editorial Note: The following news reports are summaries from original sources. They may also include corrections of Arabic names. |
2 NATO Soldiers, 18 Afghani Civilians, 3 Soldiers, 5 Taliban Fighters Killed in Attacks
Editorial Note:
In the past, many of the casualties were Afghani civilians despite claims they were Taliban fighters.
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Suicide bomber kills 4 in Afghan capital
By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press Writer
Jun 16, 2007,10:15 AM EDT
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) --
A suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of American contract workers and military personnel in the Afghan capital on Saturday, killing at least four civilians, officials said. A U.S. soldier opened fire afterward, killing one civilian and sparking an angry protest.
Saturday's blast killed the bomber, wrecked a taxi and other nearby vehicles, and shattered windows of roadside homes and shops.
Maj. Sheldon Smith, a U.S. spokesman for troops training Afghan police and army soldiers, said American contract workers and military personnel were in the convoy. A spokesman at the U.S. base at Bagram said workers with DynCorp, who are helping train Afghan police, were attacked.
The Amerian soldier in a Humvee "mistakenly" opened fire on the crowd after the suicide attack, killing one civilian and wounding three, said Zalmai Khan, deputy Kabul police chief.
Afterward, a crowd of 50 to 100 people gathered, with some chanting "Death to America" and jabbing their arms at police.
One man in the crowd, Atta Mohammad, said the civilian killed by the U.S. soldier was just trying to buy credit for his cell phone. "Nobody among us was doing anything wrong," Mohammad said.
The explosion came amid a wave of violence in Afghanistan, particularly the volatile south, including a suicide blast on Friday that targeted a NATO convoy at Tirin Kot in Uruzgan province, killing 10 people including five children and a Dutch soldier.
In Saturday's attack, witnesses gave a higher casualty count than police, saying seven or eight people had died.
Elsewhere, a soldier in the U.S.-led coalition was killed when a rocket-propelled grenade struck his vehicle Saturday in Uruzgan province, the coalition said. The soldier's nationality was not released.
Meanwhile, the Afghan Ministry of Defense said three soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in Helmand province on Friday. It also said three (Taliban fighters) - an Arab, a Chechen and a Pakistani - were killed during a U.S.-Afghan raid in Paktika province on Friday.
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