Deadliest Attack In Afghanistan In 3 Years

by Juanita
(San Antonio)

Okay, we just had the deadliest attack in Afghanistan in 3 years on US troops. In a small town called Wanat, near the Pakistani border, 9 American soldiers were killed and 15 more were wounded. The insurgents hid in mountains and Afghani houses there in Wanat and blasted the US military base all day long, yesterday July 13, 2008.

Also, there is an AP report posted today on the internet that the Taliban killed 2 of their own Afghan women because they thought they were prostitutes. And I quote,

"Taliban militants executed two women in central Afghanistan late Saturday after accusing them of working as prostitutes on a U.S. base.

The women, dressed in blue burqas, were shot and killed just outside Ghazni city in central Afghanistan, said Sayed Ismal, a spokesman for Ghazni's governor. He called the two "innocent local people."

Taliban fighters told Associated Press Television News the two women were executed for allegedly running a prostitution ring catering to U.S. soldiers and other foreign contractors at a U.S. base in Ghazni city.

1st Lt. Nathan Perry, a U.S. military spokesman, said he had not heard allegations "anything close to that nature."

Here is a link if you would like to read more.