RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Autor): „Explosions Rock Southern Afghan City, Killing Nine“, Dokument #1305529

Explosions Rock Southern Afghan City, Killing Nine

Two explosions have rocked Kandahar, the second night of deadly explosions in the southern Afghan city.

Officials said nine people were killed and more than 20 wounded by a car bomb and a second, smaller blast.

Afghan police were among those wounded.

On October 4, three explosions killed four Afghan police officers in Kandahar and a former district chief, Habibullah Aghonzada, was gunned down by assailants as he prayed at a packed mosque.

Control of Kandahar, the Taliban movement's birthplace, is seen as a key to the Afghan conflict.

Afghan and NATO forces are engaged in a major operation to push militants out of strongholds there.

compiled from agency reports

ecoi.net-Beschreibung:: Kandahar: Mindestens 9 Personen bei 2 Bombenexplosionen getötet
Land:: Afghanistan
Quelle:: RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Autor)
Originallink:: http://www.rferl.org/articleprintview/2177501.html
Dokumentart:: Medienbericht
Sprache:: Englisch
Veröffentlicht:: 5. Oktober 2010
Dokument-ID:: 1305529 (frühere ID 147532)