Taliban Attack Road Crew in South Afghanistan, The Associated Press, 19 August 2010
EXCERPT: "Taliban fighters attacked a road construction crew Thursday in southern Afghanistan and several people have been killed and wounded, officials and witnesses said. The attack on the road crew occurred in the Sangin district of Helmand province, according to a company employee, Salam Khan Durrani. He said several people had been killed or wounded but he had no precise figures because fighting was still raging at midday. Provincial spokesman Dawood Ahmadi said the crew and its security guards had called for help by Afghan security forces but he had no other details. The crew was working on the main road from Sangin to the provincial capital Lashkar Gah. Sangin has been the scene of bloody fighting between the Taliban and coalition forces."
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