Afghan minister killed, violence errupts

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  • Roger
    Confirmed User
    • Jul 2003
    • 3181
    #1

    Afghan minister killed, violence errupts

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    One report said Mr Sadiq died after a rocket propelled grenade hit his car. The attack followed a failed bid to kill his father, the governor of Herat.

    After Mr Sadiq's death, heavy fighting broke out between troops loyal to his father and a senior local military commander Zahir Nayebzada, police said.

    There are reports that up to 100 people have been killed in the clashes.
    I thought the militias where disarmed.
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    • - Jesus Christ -
      Confirmed User
      • Mar 2003
      • 7197
      #2
      Theres no profit in disarming people.

      Amen

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        • Digipimp
          BP4L OT DL
          • Mar 2003
          • 13481
          #3
          They never disarmed anyone in Afghanistan, they just gave them government jobs.

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            • Roger
              Confirmed User
              • Jul 2003
              • 3181
              #4
              The fighting is still going on according to Reuters.

              Around 100 U.S. soldiers and State Department personnel are deployed in Herat as one of the U.S. military's Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT).

              "They are monitoring the situation," said U.S. army spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Bryan Hilferty. "They are not intervening."

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                • foreverjason
                  Confirmed User
                  • Mar 2003
                  • 1452
                  #5
                  Originally posted by Digipimp
                  They never disarmed anyone in Afghanistan, they just gave them government jobs.

                  sadly it may be true.

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                    • Digipimp
                      BP4L OT DL
                      • Mar 2003
                      • 13481
                      #6
                      Yep but what they aren't telling you yet is that the assasination was done by Al Qaeda based militants because of the high profile name and relation of the minister. They also attempted an attack on his father who is very powerful within the country, all of this in retaliation for the attacks currently being done by Pakistan on them. They were hoping to spark factional violence and fuck up the Karzai government and it looks like it's working.

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                        • tbabe
                          Confirmed User
                          • Dec 2003
                          • 2494
                          #7
                          violence errupts in afghanistan? I am shocked.

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