Sachinism Posted June 9, 2010 Posted June 9, 2010 Gunmen have attacked a Nato convoy near the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, killing at least seven people and setting several vehicles on fire. The overnight assault took place 10km (six miles) outside the city - the closest such attack yet to the capital. Up to a dozen militants opened fire, setting 20 trucks alight and destroying millions of dollars of equipment. Meanwhile heavy fighting has taken place in the north-west between militants and the army. Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/10196364.stm
Sachinism Posted June 9, 2010 Author Posted June 9, 2010 Nato helicopter shot down in Helmand in Afghanistan 2 separate incidents :omg: Four Nato soldiers have been killed when their helicopter was shot down in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. Nato said the aircraft was hit by "hostile fire". The troops were Americans, the US military spokesman in Kabul, Lt Col Joseph T Breasseale, said. The Taliban claimed its fighters had shot down the aircraft with a rocket-propelled grenade. The helicopter crashed in the Sangin district, said provincial government spokesman Dawood Ahmadi. Taliban spokesman Yousuf Ahmadi said it had been brought down in the Sangin district bazaar on Wednesday morning. "We brought it down with a rocket," he told AFP news agency. A number of Nato helicopters have been shot down in Afghanistan since the alliance sent troops into the country in 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/10274262.stm
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