At War: Kabul – At War Blog – NYTimes.com
Posted: January 22, 2010 Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Business, Community, Current, NZPacific, Politics, US & Foreign Affairs | Tags: 18, 2010, 40, afghan, afghanistan, at, attacks, capital, clash, Clashes, death, did, Diplomacy, Fatemi, fighting, five, forces, four, government, hamid, health, hours, include, january, Kabul, karzai, key, killed, kiwi, lasted, launched, market, militants, Ministry, multiple, Nearly, new zealand, news, People, Politics, position, president, public, restored, said, security, soldiers, stated, suicide, Taliban, Talibanlinked, targets, the, three, toll, UPI/Hossein, war, wounded Leave a comment[picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=kabul&iid=7586095″ src=”8/2/1/8/Taliban_Afghan_forces_3b86.JPG?adImageId=9369670&imageId=7586095″ width=”500″ height=”333″ /]
Afghan soldiers take position in a public market during clashes between Taliban-linked militants and security forces on January 18, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Taliban militants launched multiple suicide attacks at key government targets.
At least five people were killed and nearly 40 others wounded in fighting between Taliban militants and security forces, the public health ministry said. The death toll did not include four militants who were also killed during the attacks, which lasted more than three hours. President Hamid Karzai had stated that security had been restored to the capital. UPI/Hossein Fatemi
At War: Notes From the Front Lines – At War Blog – NYTimes.com.
Source: New York Times writer Dexter Filkins who is embedded with troops in Kabul, Afghanistan. Filkins is the journalist who broke the story earlier this week revealing NZ SAS soldiers were fighting with Afghan soldiers against the Taliban earlier this week.
KABUL, Afghanistan — The attack on the Central Bank in downtown Kabul this week revealed many things about Afghanistan. But one of the more surprising things it brought to light was that New Zealand is at war.
New Zealand? At war?
Who knew?
Not a lot of New Zealanders, apparently. The news — first reported in my story—that a team of commandos from New Zealand had joined Afghan soldiers at the scene caused a sensation in the little country off the coast of Australia.
I spotted the team of New Zealanders as they moved into Pashtunistan Square, the site of the Taliban attack, which killed five people and wounded at least 70. All seven militants died or killed themselves. The city was paralyzed for hours.
“Get out of here,” one of the New Zealanders said to me. I saw the patch on his arm announcing his country.
Others were more friendly.
“Can’t talk now, mate,” another said with a smile.
Photos: Kabul 3-Hr Shoot Out With Militants Versus NZ & Afghani Commandoes
Posted: January 19, 2010 Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Business, Community, Current, education, Politics, US & Foreign Affairs | Tags: 18, 2010, 38, afghan, afghanistan, at, attack, attacks, battles, boom, building, buildings, capital, capital cities, car, Centre, centres, civilians, clash, Clashes, commandos, commercial, death, Descriptive Position, did, Diplomacy, erupted, Fatemi, FatemiUPI/Hossein, fighting, five, following, force, forces, forcesUPI/Hossein, four, government, gun, health, heart, horizontal, hours, human body, include, january, Kabul, killed, lasted, launched, lies, look, market, Militant Groups, militants, Ministry, news, People, policemen, political, Politics, position, public, ruined, said, second, secure, security, shopping, site, spokesman, street, string, suicide, taking, Taliban, Talibanlinked, the, three, toll, triggering, UPI/Hossein, war, wounded Leave a comment[picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=kabul&iid=7586655″ src=”e/5/5/2/Taliban_Afghan_forces_27d5.JPG?adImageId=9229894&imageId=7586655″ width=”500″ height=”333″ /]
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: Afghan commandos take position on a building during clashes between Taliban-linked militants and security forces in Kabul on January 18, 2010. Taliban militants launched multiple suicide attacks at key government targets.Five people were killed and 38 others wounded in fighting between Taliban militants and security forces, the public health ministry said. The death toll did not include four militants who were also killed during the attacks, which lasted more than three hours. UPI/Hossein Fatemi.
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