Insurgents Attack NATO Convoy in Central Afghanistan
Thursday, 19 August 2010 12:08
Written by TOLOnews
Taliban militants attacked a NATO convoy in the central Logar province on Wednesday night, no casualties reported so far

"A group of Taliban militants attacked a convoy of foreign forces in Pul-e-Alam, the provincial capital of Logar that was on its way to Kabul at 00:11 pm Wednesday," Ghulam Mustafa Mohseni, the Police Chief of Logar, told TOLOnews.

There are casualties on the foreign forces' side, but no exact figures are available yet, he added.

In cross firings after the attack, foreign forces killed 8 Taliban militants, said Logar Police Chief.

Locals said at least 2 NATO soldiers were killed and another 2 were wounded in these attacks.

Taliban have escalated attacks against foreign and Afghan forces, in an effort to draw foreign forces out of the country.

According to the icasualties.org website that tracks the number of foreign soldiers killed in Afghanistan and Iraq, 282 American, 86 British and 68 NATO soldiers have been killed in Afghan war since the beginning of 2010.


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