Taliban Insurgents Kill Senior Afghan Official

[maddezmom]

Taliban Insurgents Kill Senior Afghan Official

46 minutes ago Top Stories - Reuters



KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Ousted Taliban remnants have killed a senior Afghan provincial official several days after kidnapping him, a Taliban spokesman said on Saturday.


Sarajuddin, chief of Zabul's power and water department, was killed after a group of Taliban seized him two days ago outside the town of Qalat, Zabul's provincial capital, the spokesman said.


The murder was confirmed by a local police official.


His killing is the third such murder of a local official in less than a week in the restive south, the former bastion of the Taliban.

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[leftchick]

1. this can't be right...

the chimpass** says the Taliban are gone! And we know he would never lie! :sarcasm:

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2. I can't believe this story isn't getting any attention, after all

the Peace & Democracy that junior brought to Afghanistan, or was Peace & Democracy brought just to Kabul?

Pull the troops out of Afghanistan and the Taliban are back in....good job Mr. junior.

[acmavm]

3. Hey, what's this? I heard that we WON THE WAR in Afganistan and that

all the bad guys were either dead or had run away never to be heard from again. It must be true, my government told me so.

No one pays attention to Afganistan. And I would be willing to bet that, just like in Iraq, the casualty figures are a lot higher than what we're being told.