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14 killed, 31 injured as bomber targets U.S. convoy in Afghanistan GARDEZ, Afghanistan - A suicide bomber apparently targeting a U.S. convoy killed 14 people and wounded 31 Sunday in a crowded eastern Afghan market, witnesses and officials said. The powerful explosion in the city of Gardez damaged about 30 shops, shattering windows and destroying the closest stores. Witnesses said a U.S. convoy appeared to be the target. Maj. William Mitchell, a spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, said initial reports said NATO soldiers had been injured, though he didn't have further details. Nasar Ahmad, a 30-year-old shopkeeper whose three cousins were seriously wounded in the blast, said he saw a U.S. convoy driving through the city just before the explosion. "I heard a strong blast and then saw a fireball go up," Ahmad said in his hospital bed. "For 10 minutes, I couldn't hear, and I didn't know where I was. I saw a lot of people injured lying in the street." Shah Mohammad, 19, said all those killed or wounded by the blast were Afghan civilians. "The convoy had already passed when the attack happened," he said. A day earlier, a suicide bomber in northern Afghanistan had killed three German soldiers and seven civilians. Ghulam Hazrat Majedi, the doctor in charge of the Gardez hospital, said two of the wounded were in critical condition. In the eastern province of Ghazni, 30 Taliban fighters were killed Saturday during a battle between coalition and Afghan forces, said Mohammad Qazam Allayar, the deputy provincial governor. He said 18 Taliban were injured and 11 arrested. Violence in Afghanistan has increased sharply in the last several weeks. More than 1,600 people have been killed in insurgency- related violence this year, according to an AP count based on reports from U.S., NATO and Afghan officials. The dead have mostly been militants, but about 300 civilians also have been killed. A coalition statement said that, in recent days, Afghan and coalition operations "have resulted in the removal of over 100 enemy fighters." The coalition's press office said it wasn't immediately clear what the word "removal" meant. The statement said local Afghans are increasingly cooperative. "The people have said, 'Enough to the bloodshed and intimidation,' and are reporting criminals and insurgents. They are also closing off their lands and villages to them," said Maj. Donald Korpi, a spokesman with the unit involved in the Ghazni battles. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
