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Coalition Raid Destroys Insurgent Bomb Factory in Afghanistan
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?r=279&c=658409&l=1009&ctl=146CB86:A6F02AD83191E1602A1C33DCB63C8AF19574F7DCC14957C0 Three insurgents
killed, soldier wounded in Ghazni raid Coalition forces in Afghanistan
say a pre-dawn attack in central Afghanistan has destroyed a
bomb-making cell and left three insurgents dead.

Officials said Monday that one foreign soldier was wounded in the raid
in the central province of Ghazni. Air strikes were called in to
support ground troops.







Security personnel direct motorcyclists to take one side of a road
after a remotely-controlled bomb exploded in Herat, October 15, 2006On
Sunday, a rebel attack in the eastern Khost province killed three
policemen, while a roadside explosion near a security convoy in the
western city of Herat left two people dead.

And in the southern city of Kandahar, gunmen killed provincial
delegate Mohammed Young Hosanna.

In Rome, Italian Foreign Ministry officials said Sunday they believed
Italian freelance photojournalist Gabrielle Tarsal, who disappeared in
southern Afghanistan last week, has been kidnapped.

Also Sunday, the French newspaper Journal du Dimanche reported that
France plans to withdraw some 200 members of its special forces from
southeastern Afghanistan.

The Defense Ministry declined to comment on the report, which said the
decision to withdraw the elite troops was taken at the highest level.

The French troops have been involved in the fight against al-Qaida and
the Taleban. So far, nine French soldiers have been killed in combat.

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


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