Gunmen Attack U.N. Office in Afghanistan

[salin]

(Gunmen Attack U.N. Office in Afghanistannote: remember the news yesterday that a compromise had been reached on a new constitution in Afghanistan.)

Gunmen Attack U.N. Office in Afghanistan

Gunmen Attack U.N. Office in Afghanistan; U.S. Troops Raid Compound, Bombard Secret Drug Lab

The Associated Press

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan Jan. 5 — Gunmen attacked the office of the United Nations refugee agency Monday, throwing a grenade and firing shots but causing no injuries, on a violent day that also saw U.S. forces engage in a firefight and bombard a secret drugs laboratory.

The attack on the Kandahar office shortly after 9 p.m., was just the latest in a series of assaults on the United Nations and other aid organizations that have made much of the south and east of the country off limits for development workers.

"We were sitting outside the gate when the car pulled up," said Abdul Rehman, a security guard at the office of the U.N. High Commission for Refugees in Kandahar, a former Taliban stronghold. "First they threw the grenade and then opened fire."

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Earlier Monday, police in neighboring Zabul province said suspected Taliban militants had kidnapped an Afghan aid worker.

Zabul police chief Haji Mohammed Hayub said two Afghans were shot and injured when they tried to stop the attackers from seizing the man and his car. One, hit in the face, was seriously hurt.

more: http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20040105_1221.html

[salin]

1. folks - attention really needs to go back to Afghanistan.

there is a lot going on - and noone is paying attention.

[TolstoyAndy]

2. Why should we pay attention?

They caught Saddam, so all is well !

[chromotone]

3. Well, so much for "free elections" by next summer...(eom)