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Taleban Rebels Suspected in Afghan Attacks
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=116A0DC:3919ACA Suspected rebels
ambushed convoy carrying governor of Afghanistan's Ghazni province
Suspected Taleban rebels have ambushed a convoy carrying the governor
of Afghanistan's Ghazni province.

Governor Sher Alam was not harmed in the attack Saturday, but the
resulting shootout left at least two attackers dead.

In a separate incident Saturday, Taleban fighters are also being
blamed for killing the former governor of Ghazni province, Taj
Mohammed Qari Baba.  Three others, including Baba's bodyguard, were
killed in the attack.

Meanwhile, officials say a roadside bomb attack has killed at least
nine police officers.  Authorities say the blast occurred Friday as
police were transporting the bodies of four citizens of Macedonia
kidnapped in the region a week ago by suspected Taleban rebels.

The four Macedonians, along with four Afghans who were abducted and
later released, worked for a company that provided sanitation services
at U.S. and Afghan military bases.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


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