Coalition Raid Destroys Insurgent Bomb Factory in Afghanistan
16 October 2006
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.
On 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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