NATO vehicle accident injure 10 in northern Afghanistan

English: Samangan Province (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

According to local authorities in northern Samangan province of Afghanistan, at least 10 Afghan civilians were injured following a road traffic incident in this province.

The officials further added the incident took place after a civilian bus collided with the NATO troops vehicle in Rabatk highway.

Provincial security chief Musadiqullah Muzaffari confirming the report said the incident took place on Monday and accused NATO troops for reckless driving.

He said the vehicle of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force was also damaged following the incident however NATO troops did not suffer any casualty.

International Security Assistance Force yet to comment regarding the incident.

Samangan is located in northern central Afghanistan, delimited by Baghlan province in the east, Bamyan in the south, Sar-e-Pul in the south-west and Balkh province in the northwest.

The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) established a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in the province and troops however Afghan security forces are currently providing security for Samangan province.

from KHAAMA
By Mirwais Adeel - Mon Jan 28, 2:39 pm

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NATO supply vehicles burnt in northern Afghanistan

According to local authorities in northern Samangan province of Afghanistan, at least two vehicles providing supplies for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Forces were torched in this province.

Provincial security Chief Mosadiqullah Muzafari confirming the report said the incident took place early Thursday morning.

He said the main reason behind the incident is unclear so far however local residents in the area are saying that the vehicles burnt following a roadside bomb explosion.

Reports suggest there were no casualties but provincial security chief Mosadiqullah Muzafari said the supplies vehicles of ISAF were totally burnt.

This comes as NATO supply vehicles have recently been targeted by militants in northern Samangan province of Afghanistan.

Samangan is a relatively peaceful province in northern Afghanistan however attack on NATO supplies convoy have crated tensions among the local officials.

In the meantime a spokesman for the Taliban group Zabiullah Mujahid said Taliban militants have so far destroyed more than 12 vehicles belonging to NATO troops in Kotal-e-Robatak area.

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By Sayed Jawad - Thu Nov 15, 1:06 pm

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Afghan minister survives assassination attempt

Districts of Kunduz. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

An Afghan government minister has survived a bomb attack on his motorcade in northern Afghanistan, the second assault on a high-profile politician in two days.

However, two of his bodyguards were wounded, provincial officials said.

Higher Education Minister Obaidullah Obaid was travelling from Baghlan to Kunduz province when one of the cars in his convoy hit a roadside bomb, Munshi Majid, the provincial governor of Baghlan who was in the same motorcade, told Reuters.

"The minister is safe," Munshi said.

"Two policemen were wounded in the bomb attack," he said, adding that the bomb exploded on a highway outside Baghlan city.

The attack came a day after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a wedding reception in Samangan province, also in the north, killing a top Afghan official and 22 others .

On Friday, a car bomb killed a regional head of women's affairs in the east of the country.

Insurgents have spread their reach from their traditional strongholds in southern and eastern areas of Afghanistan to northern parts of the country once considered relatively safe.

Homemade bombs are by far the most lethal weapons deployed by insurgents and remain the single biggest killer of civilians, as well as foreign and Afghan troops.

Violence in Afghanistan is at its fiercest since US-led Afghan troops overthrew the Taliban government in 2001.

from RTE News
Updated: 10:12, Sunday, 15 July 2012

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