Suicide Attack in Afghan, 6 killed

Friday, October 9, 2009 at 3:55 pm

KHOST: A suicide attack in southeastern Afghanistan killed six guards working for a road construction company, while NATO forces killed 15 Taliban insurgents elsewhere, officials said. Suicide Attack in Afghan, 6 killed

A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the Sky construction company in the Jadran district of Paktia province, local governor Abdul Wali Jadran told media.

“Six security guards of the company were killed and another three were wounded in the blast,” Jadran said.

Separately, NATO and Afghan soldiers killed a Taliban commander and 11 of his men in an overnight operation in western Herat province, said Jalandar Shah Behnam, the Afghan army corp commander for western Afghanistan.

The operation was launched after a tip-off about the whereabouts of the hideout of Ghulam Yahya Akbari, who he described as a local Taliban commander.

“The joint forces killed Akbari and his men in a firefight. We were supported by NATO helicopters but no air strike was needed,” he said.