Taliban kill 8 in Afghan convoy attack

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Source: AP

KABUL, Afghanistan - Taliban militants fired rocket-propelled grenades from their vehicles at a convoy of private security guards on Afghanistan's main highway, killing six guards and two police officers, a police chief said Sunday.

The attack in a dangerous section of Wardak province occurred Saturday afternoon as the security contractors were guarding equipment being driven from Ghazni city to the capital Kabul, said Wardak police chief Gen. Zafaruddin, who goes by one name.

Taliban militants opened fire on the convoy near Maydon Shahr, about 20 miles southwest of Kabul, and six guards and two policemen were killed, he said.

This year has been Afghanistan's most violent since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion drove the Taliban from power. More than 6,300 people, mostly militants, have been killed in insurgency-related violence, according to an Associated Press count.

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[The_Casual_Observer]

1. How long before a full scale fruitless Russian style occupation

is called for in the name of "the war on terror"?

[Amonester]

2. The makers of the rocket-propelled grenades should get ...

sued in court.

Maybe this way, they would know the meaning of "personal responsibility" some day... (after their un-avoidable "bankrupcy" in the long run).

[daleo]

3. Ditto for laser guided bombs, cruise missiles

And all the rest.