Taliban claims bomb attacks killing 14
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January 1, 2010, Friday
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THE Taliban claimed responsibility yesterday for two separate bomb attacks in Afghanistan that killed eight Americans, five Canadians and an Afghan in a surge of violence in the war-battered country. A US congressional official said CIA employees were believed to be among the victims of a suicide blast at an American base in the volatile east.
The explosion on Wednesday killed eight American civilians and one Afghan at the Forward Operating Base Chapman base in Khost Province, the worst loss of life for the US in the country since October.
Separately, four Canadian soldiers and a journalist imbedded in their unit were killed on Wednesday by a roadside bomb in Kandahar Province, the bloodiest single incident suffered by that country's military in 2009.
Michelle Lang, a 34-year-old health reporter with the Calgary Herald, was the first Canadian journalist to die in Afghanistan. She arrived in the country just two weeks ago.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for both attacks.
Also yesterday, a spokesman for the governor of Helmand Province in the south said an air strike by international forces killed and wounded civilians. Dawud Ahmadi said he did not have immediate information on how many were killed in the Wednesday incident in Babajid district, which he said occurred after an international forces patrol came under fire.
NATO said it was aware of the reports and was investigating. Claims of civilians killed by foreign forces are an emotional issue among Afghans.
The explosion on Wednesday killed eight American civilians and one Afghan at the Forward Operating Base Chapman base in Khost Province, the worst loss of life for the US in the country since October.
Separately, four Canadian soldiers and a journalist imbedded in their unit were killed on Wednesday by a roadside bomb in Kandahar Province, the bloodiest single incident suffered by that country's military in 2009.
Michelle Lang, a 34-year-old health reporter with the Calgary Herald, was the first Canadian journalist to die in Afghanistan. She arrived in the country just two weeks ago.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for both attacks.
Also yesterday, a spokesman for the governor of Helmand Province in the south said an air strike by international forces killed and wounded civilians. Dawud Ahmadi said he did not have immediate information on how many were killed in the Wednesday incident in Babajid district, which he said occurred after an international forces patrol came under fire.
NATO said it was aware of the reports and was investigating. Claims of civilians killed by foreign forces are an emotional issue among Afghans.
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