– 6 NATO SOLDIRS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN

Just A day after 10 French soldiers were killed near Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, in a Taliban ambush (see – Kabul 08.19.08 ), six other NATO-ISAF soldiers have been killed, on Wednesday 08/20/2008, in new violence in Afghanistan,

Three of the dead are Canadians, bringing to 93 the number of Canadian soldiers killed there since it sent troops to the war-torn country in 2002. Wednesday’s deaths are the worst one-day toll for Canadians since last year when six soldiers died in an explosion.

The other three dead were Poles killed, on Thursday 08/21/2008, in the province of Ghazni. The three Canadians died when a roadside bomb went off in southern Afghanistan, a Canadian army spokesman said.

There is a Taliban substantial increasing aggression in Afghanistan largely due to the ongoing political crisis in Pakistan. 

 

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