Two U.S. Marines wounded in Afghan ambush

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP17712.htm

KABUL, March 13 (Reuters) - Two U.S. Marines were wounded when their patrol was ambushed by Taliban guerrillas in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said on Sunday.

They came under fire early Saturday evening on a routine mission north of the city of Jalalabad, close to the border with Pakistan. Remnants of the Taliban militia and their allies led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar have been active in the area.

Both of the wounded were hit in the shoulder by shrapnel after their unit received rocket-propelled grenade, automatic weapons and machine-gun fire.

The U.S. military is hopeful that an offer of amnesty expected soon from the Afghan government will persuade rank-and-file Taliban members to rejoin the mainstream.

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1. Kick.

Spring is coming.

I wonder if the Afghans have managed to get their hands on
any of those good Iraqi explosives and RPGs? Has the opium
explosion put money in their hands yet?