Taliban kill 8 Afghans working for US military base
Afp, Asadabad
Taliban rebels shot dead eight men employed at a US base in eastern Afghanistan while a suicide bomber threw himself at an Afghan army convoy Friday and killed a soldier, officials said. The killings were the latest in a campaign of attacks by the Islamist extremists who target Afghan and foreign soldiers, as well civilians who work for them in a spiralling insurgency that has killed thousands of people. A group of 10 workers had left the American military base in the eastern province of Kunar in a minibus late Thursday when they were stopped by gunmen, provincial police chief Abduljalal Jalal told AFP. "The gunmen sprayed the vehicle with bullets," he said. Two labourers managed to escape. "Eight labourers were brutally shot and killed by armed men in Korangal area. They were working at a US base and were going home for Eid holidays," Jalal said. Eid-ul-Fitr, Islam's biggest festival, takes place at the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. It is due next week, depending on sightings of the moon, but many people begin their holidays early.
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