"Taliban threaten voters in runoff; 4 civilians die as US convoy fires on a van" by Amir Shah and Todd Pitman, Associated Press | October 25, 2009
KABUL - Yesterday, US troops fired on a van approaching their convoy on the main highway in southern Kandahar Province, killing four civilians, according to provincial officials and the US military.
The dead included two women and one child, Kandahar’s governor said in a statement. Four others were wounded, the statement said.
The troops “tried repeatedly to signal the fast-approaching vehicle with passive measures, but fearing for their safety, fired on the vehicle,’’ said a US military spokesman, Lieutenant Junior Grade Tommy Groves. NATO expressed its condolences to the families of those who died. Groves said that the shooting was being investigated and that the wounded had been given first aid and taken to a hospital....
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So many things you NEVER HEAR OF -- including THOSE WORDS!Meanwhile, NATO forces announced that two Americans and one military service member whose nationality was not disclosed had died in attacks in the south....
Worthy of ONE WHOLE SENTENCE! Wow!
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12 mln Afghans live under poverty line: ministry
Xinhua
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KABUL, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Afghan Minister for Public Health Syed Mohammad Amin Fatimi has revealed that 12 million out of the total 30 million Afghans, including 3 million children, live under poverty line in the war-torn country, a local newspaper reported Saturday. |
I'm not seeing that in the Globe.
