- Reaction score
- 0
- Points
- 110
3 German Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
- Thread starter FuzzyLogic
- Start date
- Reaction score
- 0
- Points
- 410
A more coherent report from Reuters, which reports three killed, not 11:
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSSCH94519720070519
More at link
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSSCH94519720070519
More at link
- Reaction score
- 0
- Points
- 110
Hmmm, still confusion on this: Forbes has it at 11, while International Tribune has it at 3 as of 2 hours ago.
We should know the exact amount shortly I'd imagine.
We should know the exact amount shortly I'd imagine.
ironduke57
Sr. Member
- Reaction score
- 2
- Points
- 230
Here on TV they said 3 dead and 2 wounded. And that this 11 dead information came from the Taliban.
Regards,
ironduke57
Regards,
ironduke57
- Reaction score
- 1
- Points
- 410
I wonder if the Taliban are deciding on softer military targets ie Dutch, Germans as they are having trouble with the Americans, Brits, and us.
Well wishful thinking anyway.
Well wishful thinking anyway.
- Reaction score
- 63
- Points
- 530
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070519/wl_nm/afghan_blast_dc
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed three German soldiers and six civilians in a crowded street market in northern
Afghanistan on Saturday in an attack claimed by the Taliban.
troops in nearly four years and Berlin's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier called it a "brutal terrorist attack." The soldiers had got out of their vehicle to shop when the bomb went off.
To the south, militants in Kapisa province engaged Afghan and foreign forces overnight in a battle in which several dozen Taliban fighters were believed to have been killed, the U.S.-led coalition said.
Taliban insurgents have stepped up attacks in recent weeks following a winter lull. The Taliban has said it has trained hundreds of suicide bombers.
In Shinwar district near Jalalabad, a remote-controlled bomb killed a police chief and another officer, and wounded three others on Saturday, a local official said.
The spate of attacks this week followed the death of the insurgents' top operational commander, Mullah Dadullah, in a U.S.-led coalition raid last weekend. It was deemed the biggest blow to the Taliban since they were driven from power in 2001.
UNPOPULAR DEPLOYMENT
The suicide bomber struck in the northern city of Kunduz when the German soldiers got out of their patrol vehicle to shop at a market where pots, green tea and other goods were sold.
"Suddenly we heard a big sound. We were frightened," said Aziz, a shopkeeper. "We saw very thick smoke and people rushing to escape."
In addition to the nine killed in the blast, at least 14 people were wounded, according to local security officials.
Three German soldiers were wounded, two of them seriously, German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung said.
A Taliban commander claimed responsibility for the bombing and said the death toll was higher.
"Our Taliban mujahid (holy warrior) blew himself up near the German troops and killed more than 10 German soldiers," Mullah Hayatullah Khan said. "It was a very successful suicide attack on foreign troops and dozens of German soldiers were injured."
About 3,200 German troops are deployed in Afghanistan, providing security in northern areas that have been relatively safe until recently. The worst violence has been concentrated in southern parts of the country.
In June 2003, four German soldiers were killed and 29 injured when their bus was attacked.
Merkel said German soldiers were making an important contribution to stabilization effort.
"The perpetrators aim to destroy the success of the reconstruction process so far," said Merkel in a statement.
"The international community is firmly committed to helping the people of Afghanistan build a good future for their country."
Many Germans oppose the Afghanistan deployment as their nation struggles to define its international role more than 60 years after the end of World War Two.
In Kapisa province, northeast of Kabul, militants ambushed and tried to trap Afghan and coalition forces before midnight on Friday in the al-Asay valley, a coalition spokesman said.
"Coalition air strikes were called in. Several dozen enemy fighters were believed to have been killed," Major Chris Belcher, a coalition spokesman, said.
A Taliban spokesman said on Saturday a "spy" who betrayed Dadullah to U.S. forces had been captured. "The spy told us, 'I am a U.S. spy and provided information about the Taliban,"' Mullah Shohabudin Atal told Reuters by satellite telephone.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed three German soldiers and six civilians in a crowded street market in northern
Afghanistan on Saturday in an attack claimed by the Taliban.
troops in nearly four years and Berlin's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier called it a "brutal terrorist attack." The soldiers had got out of their vehicle to shop when the bomb went off.
To the south, militants in Kapisa province engaged Afghan and foreign forces overnight in a battle in which several dozen Taliban fighters were believed to have been killed, the U.S.-led coalition said.
Taliban insurgents have stepped up attacks in recent weeks following a winter lull. The Taliban has said it has trained hundreds of suicide bombers.
In Shinwar district near Jalalabad, a remote-controlled bomb killed a police chief and another officer, and wounded three others on Saturday, a local official said.
The spate of attacks this week followed the death of the insurgents' top operational commander, Mullah Dadullah, in a U.S.-led coalition raid last weekend. It was deemed the biggest blow to the Taliban since they were driven from power in 2001.
UNPOPULAR DEPLOYMENT
The suicide bomber struck in the northern city of Kunduz when the German soldiers got out of their patrol vehicle to shop at a market where pots, green tea and other goods were sold.
"Suddenly we heard a big sound. We were frightened," said Aziz, a shopkeeper. "We saw very thick smoke and people rushing to escape."
In addition to the nine killed in the blast, at least 14 people were wounded, according to local security officials.
Three German soldiers were wounded, two of them seriously, German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung said.
A Taliban commander claimed responsibility for the bombing and said the death toll was higher.
"Our Taliban mujahid (holy warrior) blew himself up near the German troops and killed more than 10 German soldiers," Mullah Hayatullah Khan said. "It was a very successful suicide attack on foreign troops and dozens of German soldiers were injured."
About 3,200 German troops are deployed in Afghanistan, providing security in northern areas that have been relatively safe until recently. The worst violence has been concentrated in southern parts of the country.
In June 2003, four German soldiers were killed and 29 injured when their bus was attacked.
Merkel said German soldiers were making an important contribution to stabilization effort.
"The perpetrators aim to destroy the success of the reconstruction process so far," said Merkel in a statement.
"The international community is firmly committed to helping the people of Afghanistan build a good future for their country."
Many Germans oppose the Afghanistan deployment as their nation struggles to define its international role more than 60 years after the end of World War Two.
In Kapisa province, northeast of Kabul, militants ambushed and tried to trap Afghan and coalition forces before midnight on Friday in the al-Asay valley, a coalition spokesman said.
"Coalition air strikes were called in. Several dozen enemy fighters were believed to have been killed," Major Chris Belcher, a coalition spokesman, said.
A Taliban spokesman said on Saturday a "spy" who betrayed Dadullah to U.S. forces had been captured. "The spy told us, 'I am a U.S. spy and provided information about the Taliban,"' Mullah Shohabudin Atal told Reuters by satellite telephone.
- Reaction score
- 35
- Points
- 530
....but I thought the Germans were being non-confrontational with the Taliban and in return the Taliban (as rational objective civilized men) would be non-confrontational with them?
Wasn't that the basis of German policy and also what the Germans said last week in admonishing American aggressiveness?
In all honesty, my condolences go out to the troops, but hopefully this will be a wake-up call that you cannot reason with evil.
Matthew.
Wasn't that the basis of German policy and also what the Germans said last week in admonishing American aggressiveness?
In all honesty, my condolences go out to the troops, but hopefully this will be a wake-up call that you cannot reason with evil.
Matthew.
- Reaction score
- 1
- Points
- 430
RIP
- Reaction score
- 7,665
- Points
- 1,160
tomahawk6 said:
Perhaps it has something to do with this:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article1811094.ece
Which in turn maybe related to:
France negotiating the release of its hostage (and its hostage alone) by promising to withdraw
And German indicating it thought we were too tough on the Taliban
An Offer of 10,000 fighters loyal to a Northern Warlord in the defence ministry to go clean out the Taliban in Pakistani tribal areas
Afghans and Pakistanis clashing over the Durand Line fence the Pakistanis are building
Canadians moving M777s to Spin Boldak on the Border
Musharraf losing control
Urdu speaking Pakistanis from India and Musharraf supporters clashing with Punjabi speaking muslims and supporters of the Chief Justice all clashing with ISI and the Pashtuns and the Tribes fighting for advantage and Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif angling to come back out of exile and the Sikhs still looking for a homeland and Kashmir-Jammu still in dispute and the Baluchis looking to break away from both Tehran and Islamabad and the Marsh Arabs of Iran and Iraq looking to reestablish local ties and fighting amongst themselves and blowing up Tehran facilities and Tehran students and labour and women demonstrating against Khamenei and Ahmadinejad and Kurds fighting in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey to establish a state of their own and Shiites and Sunnis in Al Anbar and Diyalla forming their own US sponsored "official" militias to take on Al Qaeda in Iraq and thugs in general and Hezbollah in Lebanon siding with the Baathists in Syria and the Christians in Lebanon siding with the Sunnis and the Israeli government siding with Fatah in Gaza against Hamas which in turn gets support from some of the more fundamentalist Jewish sects and Canadian left wing Christian church groups and radical socialist groups with ties to Moscow and Peking.............
Awfukit. :
Regardless, my condolences to the troops and their kin and to the civilians caught in the middle.
- Reaction score
- 1
- Points
- 430
Eggy said:Wow really nice of you. :
Dutch troops have been the target of suicide bombings a few times already. And what the hell do you mean with softer targets?
It's simple Dutch ROE's make them easier to get close to because they are much more restrictive, thus a softer target easier to blow up. Not the Dutch troops fault they just follow orders.
- Reaction score
- 1
- Points
- 430
I feel bad for the dead and wounded.....however as previously stated, maybe eye's will start to open, but I doubt it. IMHO the west (sic) in these generations no longer have the stomach or the will to fight for our beliefs, as we did in days of old.
- Reaction score
- 18,384
- Points
- 1,260
HoM has the big point on the Dutch.
However all that said -- there are times where you cannot control the enemy approaching you. Its war you cannot remove risk, you minimize it where you can -- you accept certain risks putting on the uniform.
However all that said -- there are times where you cannot control the enemy approaching you. Its war you cannot remove risk, you minimize it where you can -- you accept certain risks putting on the uniform.
Ok I thought you meant something different.
A sign like that is useless in Afghanistan though, the vast majority of the people there can't read. But I get the sentiment.Infidel-6 said:HoM has the big point on the Dutch.
However all that said -- there are times where you cannot control the enemy approaching you. Its war you cannot remove risk, you minimize it where you can -- you accept certain risks putting on the uniform.
Similar threads
