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enhanced_deficit
08-03-2017, 11:00 PM
The "good war" violence continues:


Kabul convoy attack: Nato soldier killed in suicide blast



7 hours ago


A suicide bomber has attacked a military convoy in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing a Nato soldier and wounding several others, officials say.Five soldiers and an interpreter were injured, a Nato statement said.
Unconfirmed local reports say three civilians also died in the incident in the city's Qarabagh district.
The bombing is the latest violence to have hit Afghanistan this month - on Tuesday more than 30 people were killed in a mosque blast in Herat.
On Monday a suicide bomber killed two people near the Iraqi embassy in Kabul.
A Nato statement said that Thursday evening's blast happened when a joint patrol with the Afghan army was attacked by a "personnel-borne improvised explosive device".
The statement said that all those injured are in a stable condition and are being treated at the US military hospital at Bagram airfield.
Correspondents say the growing strength of the Taliban and the group known as so-called Islamic State (IS) in Qarabagh is a major source of concern to Nato forces based in nearby Bagram.
According to the United Nations, Afghanistan saw at least 1,662 civilian deaths (https://unama.unmissions.org/extreme-harm-afghan-civilians-continues-suicide-attacks-worsen-latest-un-report-shows) in the first half of 2017, with about 20% of those in the capital.
At the end of July, a suicide car bomb killed at least 30 people (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40702010) in a mainly Shia district of Kabul. The Taliban said they had carried out that attack.
On 31 May, a huge bombing in the centre of the city killed more than 150 people (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40109568), the deadliest militant attack in the country since US-led forces ousted the Taliban from power in 2001.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40820947


US soldiers killed in Afghanistan identified (http://www.fox5ny.com/news/271903684-story)

http://static.lakana.com/media.fox5ny.com/photo/2017/08/03/soldierskilled1_1501815204916_3880918_ver1.0_640_3 60.jpg (http://www.fox5ny.com/news/271903684-story#)
The two soldiers killed in Afghanistan have been identified as Specialist Christopher M. Harris (left) and Sergeant Jonathon M. Hunter (right). (PHOTO: 82nd Airborne Division) By: FOXNEWS.COM

Posted: Aug 03 2017 10:54PM EDT

The two U.S. Army soldiers who were killed Wednesday during an attack in Afghanistan’s Kandahar Province have been identified.
Sgt. Jonathon Michael Hunter, 23, of Columbus, Indiana, and Spc. Christopher Michael Harris, 25, of Jackson Springs, North Carolina, were killed when an explosive device detonated near their convoy, officials announced Thursday.






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UWDude
08-03-2017, 11:49 PM
Spc Harris needs to wear his beret correctly. How the hell did he get away with his picture like that?