Afghanistan violence kills NATO force member, 11 others

[Areesh]

KABUL, Afghanistan — A member of the NATO force was killed in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, and attacks on police in several provinces left at least 11 Afghan law enforcement officers dead.

The latest violence comes as local Afghan forces assume greater responsibility for security in advance of a planned pullout of NATO combat troops by the end of 2014.

A NATO coalition spokeswoman said the coalition member's death was caused by a roadside bomb. In keeping with policy, she said, any additional information would be provided by officials of the victim's home country, which was not immediately given.

Ahmad Jawed Faisal, a spokesman in the Kandahar governor's office, said five policemen were killed and six policemen and six civilians were wounded in that southern province Thursday morning when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the gate of a district police headquarters.

Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban movement, is among the most heavily contested areas as militants and Afghan and foreign forces battle for control.

Ahmadzia Abdulzai, a spokesman in the governor's office of eastern Nangarhar province, said a bomb detonated at a police checkpoint on the Jalalabad-Torkham highway killed two policemen.

And in northern Kunduz province, a roadside bomb reportedly struck a vehicle carrying the head of a district anti-terrorism police force, killing him and three other policemen.

In an email, the Taliban claimed responsibility for all three attacks.

Afghanistan violence kills NATO force member, 11 others - latimes.com

 

[53fd]

RIP to the dead. Where are the Afghan (NATO fanboys) members that claim the NATO operations have been successful, & the insurgents defeated? This is futile loss of life, & the Karzai puppet government is only making things in Afghanistan worse by serving the interests of the foreign forces, acting as proxies for them against their own people.

 

[Gandhi G in da house]

RIP to the dead. Where are the Afghan (NATO fanboys) members that claim the NATO operations have been successful, & the insurgents defeated? This is futile loss of life, & the Karzai puppet government is only making things in Afghanistan worse by serving the interests of the foreign forces, acting as proxies for them against their own people.

Hmm... i think it is better if we worry about our own counties . Let the afghans take care of afghanistan . They know best what they want .

If they want to throw the Americans out and bring Taliban rule back , eventually they will do so . We should let them choose their own fate

 

[humanfirst]

RIP to the dead. Where are the Afghan (NATO fanboys) members that claim the NATO operations have been successful, & the insurgents defeated? This is futile loss of life, & the Karzai puppet government is only making things in Afghanistan worse by serving the interests of the foreign forces, acting as proxies for them against their own people.

I dont think anyone claimed insurgents are defeated.They still hide in civilian clothes and conduct these type suicide attacks which dont require anything more than some explosives from their masters and the will to blow themselves up at a busy place or when someone stopped them at checkpoint..And why is taliban terror attack the fault of karzai?Taliban is not gonna accept any non shariah rule in Afghanistan and they continue killing afghans and occasionally some NATO soldiers untill their goal is achieved.

 

[Areesh]

I dont think anyone claimed insurgents are defeated.They still hide in civilian clothes and conduct these type suicide attacks which dont require anything more than some explosives from their masters and the will to blow themselves up at a busy place or when someone stopped them at checkpoint..And why is taliban terror attack the fault of karzai?Taliban is not gonna accept any non shariah rule in Afghanistan and they continue killing afghans and occasionally some NATO soldiers untill their goal is achieved.

The death of NATO and American soldiers is anything but occasionally. Correct yourself.