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30-09-03, 20:05
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U.S. soldier dies in Afghan shootout
Tuesday, September 30, 2003 Posted: 1409 GMT (10:09 PM HKT)
(CNN) -- A U.S. soldier has been killed and two others wounded in a shootout with militants near the Afghan city of Shkin in Paktika province, south of Kabul, a U.S. military spokesman said Tuesday.
Two militants also died in Monday's gunbattle.
On August 31, two U.S. soldiers died and a third was wounded in the same area.
A upsurge in attacks by the Taliban since mid-summer -- the Islamic militia that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001 -- has wreaked havoc in parts of Afghanistan in recent months. Numerous Afghan police and soldiers have been killed.
A U.S.-led campaign ousted the Taliban in 2001 as part of a move against al Qaeda in retaliation for the September 11 terrorist attacks.
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bron: http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/central/09/30/afghan.violence/index.html
Ze schieten op de mensen waar ze nog geen twee jaar de baas over waren. Ze geven helemaal niks om het volk.
U.S. soldier dies in Afghan shootout
Tuesday, September 30, 2003 Posted: 1409 GMT (10:09 PM HKT)
(CNN) -- A U.S. soldier has been killed and two others wounded in a shootout with militants near the Afghan city of Shkin in Paktika province, south of Kabul, a U.S. military spokesman said Tuesday.
Two militants also died in Monday's gunbattle.
On August 31, two U.S. soldiers died and a third was wounded in the same area.
A upsurge in attacks by the Taliban since mid-summer -- the Islamic militia that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001 -- has wreaked havoc in parts of Afghanistan in recent months. Numerous Afghan police and soldiers have been killed.
A U.S.-led campaign ousted the Taliban in 2001 as part of a move against al Qaeda in retaliation for the September 11 terrorist attacks.
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bron: http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/central/09/30/afghan.violence/index.html
Ze schieten op de mensen waar ze nog geen twee jaar de baas over waren. Ze geven helemaal niks om het volk.