Fierce Taliban Attack Kills 17 Coalition Forces, Warning Issued
Mar 24, 2004, By Zafir Jamaal, JUS

In Shekin area of Barmal, the Taliban have waged a deadly attack against Coalition forces. Seventeen Coalition forces were killed when three vehicles en route to the Pak-Afghan border were attacked by Taliban with rockets and GM-3 guns at 4 am Tuesday morning. Those killed were Afghan and Americans however the exact breakdown of each nationality is not yet known. The attack was very fierce and the three vehicles were completely destroyed. Helicopters fly patrols over the area following the incident in search of the attackers.

In yet another public embarrassment for Hamid Karzai, the 8,00 troops send by the Center to Heart for peacekeeping are stuck in the airport now as the Ismail Khan, governor of the province refuses to let them in. In the funeral prayers for his son, people started to chant anti Karzai sologans. Ismael Khan has told those troop to return to their bas

Following Hamid Karzai’s comments at an innovated celebration called Now Rouz (The New Year), which has no significance in Islam and where he claimed that Taliban have no future in Afghanistan and are now a lost force, Taliban commander Mullah Dad Ullah has issued a stern warning. Mullah Dad Ullah warned of renewed war and attacks against the Afghan National army and American forces and said that this will show the world that the Taliban are still a force to be reckoned with. (JUS)

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