Post by peterd on Nov 17, 2013 17:06:53 GMT -8
Afghan villagers discovered on Sunday the beheaded bodies of six government contractors in the country's insurgency-racked south, the apparent victims of Taliban fighters who regularly target state projects, officials said.
It was the latest discovery in a bloody few months across the country.
Also on Sunday, the death toll from a suicide vehicle bomb attack on the site of a key national council in the capital Kabul had risen to 12, officials said, while NATO said an international service member was killed by a roadside bomb.
The Taliban took credit for the Saturday blast outside the huge tent where an assembly is scheduled to be held later this week. Thousands of prominent Afghans are scheduled to meet to debate a contentious security agreement with the United States.
america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/11/17/six-security-contractorsbeheadedinafghanistan.html
It was the latest discovery in a bloody few months across the country.
Also on Sunday, the death toll from a suicide vehicle bomb attack on the site of a key national council in the capital Kabul had risen to 12, officials said, while NATO said an international service member was killed by a roadside bomb.
The Taliban took credit for the Saturday blast outside the huge tent where an assembly is scheduled to be held later this week. Thousands of prominent Afghans are scheduled to meet to debate a contentious security agreement with the United States.
america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/11/17/six-security-contractorsbeheadedinafghanistan.html