Posted on 03/17/2008 5:40:47 AM PDT by Rikstir
A suicide bomber has attacked a Nato military convoy in southern Afghanistan, killing three Nato soldiers, two of them Danish.
Police say a number of Afghan civilians were injured when the bomb went off near the convoy in Helmand province.
Earlier reports said some Afghan civilians had been killed in the blast in the district of Gereshk.
There has been a sharp increase in violence in Afghanistan this year. Suicide bombs are increasingly common.
On Sunday night a Canadian soldier was killed in an explosion in Kandahar province.
More than 450 international troops have died in Afghanistan since the beginning of 2006 .
Last week, six people were killed and at least 15 injured in a car bomb attack on a coalition convoy near the airport in the capital, Kabul.
Last month, a car bomb attack in southern city of Kandahar killed more than 100 people. It was the worst single attack since the fall of the Taleban in 2001.
A UN report published this week said there were 8,000 conflict-related deaths in 2007 - a fifth of which were civilians.
“Earlier reports said some Afghan civilians had been killed in the blast in the district of Gereshk.”
Oh, great...way to go Bush.
/s off
8000 conflict related deaths in 2007.
One fifth were civilians (1500ish)
A few hundred NATO casualties and similar ANA (1000ish)
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Up to 5000 Taliban and allies killed across Afghanistan last year. Thats not bad going.
5000 Taliban. 5000 DEAD Taliban. That’s a number I can appreciate!
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