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Gunmen Kill 8 Private Security Guards in Afghanistan

   VOA News 18 October 2010
   A  man  injured  in  a  roadside  bomb  blast lies on a stretcher in a
   hospital in Herat city, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, 18 Oct 2010

Photo: AP

   A  man  injured  in  a  roadside  bomb  blast lies on a stretcher in a
   hospital in Herat city, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, 18 Oct 2010

   Officials  in Afghanistan say eight Afghan security guards were killed
   when  Taliban  insurgents  attacked  a  security  post in the southern
   province of Helmand.

   Authorities  say  two  people  were  wounded  Monday  in  the pre-dawn
   gunfight  in  Gereshk  district.  Officials  say a Taliban fighter was
   killed in the battle.

   In  other violence, Afghan officials say three people were killed in a
   bomb  blast  in  western  Herat  city.  Several  others,  including  a
   policeman, were also wounded.

   Meanwhile.  NATO  says  coalition forces killed at least 10 insurgents
   during  air strikes in northern Baghlan province Sunday. NATO says the
   target  of  the attack was a senior Taliban military leader accused of
   financing  the  group  and supplying weapons and ammunition to Taliban
   operatives in the area.

   In  another  development,  NATO  says a detainee was found dead in his
   holding cell in southern Afghanistan Sunday.

   The  coalition says the man was being held in Kandahar province, after
   being  captured  in  an  operation  Saturday.  The alliance says it is
   investigating the circumstances of his death.

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

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