'An Afghan Lifeline, Plagued By Insurgents', International Herald Tribune, 14 August 2008
EXCERPT: "Not far from here, just off the highway that was once the showpiece of the U.S. reconstruction effort in Afghanistan, three U.S. soldiers and their Afghan interpreter were ambushed and killed six weeks ago. The soldiers died as their vehicles were hit by mines and rocket-propelled grenades. At least one was dragged off and chopped to pieces, according to Afghan and Western officials, the body so badly mutilated that at first the military announced it had found the remains of two men, not one, in a field. The attack on June 26 was notable not only for its brutality, but because it came amid a series of spectacular insurgent attacks along the road, which have highlighted the precariousness of the international effort to secure Afghanistan six years after the United States intervened to drive off the Taliban government."
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See also:
'Security fears paralyse Kabul', IPS, 14 August 2008
'Kabul security to be handed over to Afghan forces on 28th', Daily Times, 14 August 2008
'Taliban choking NATO supplies', PakTribune, 13 August 2008
'Taliban at Kabul's doorstep', BBC News, 13 August 2008
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