War News for Friday, October 04, 2013

Today in Afghanistan
Soldiers shut down last patrol base

Reported security incidents
#1: Unidentified gunmen kidnapped the director of a non-governmental organization (NGO) from Railway Colony in Quetta on Friday. According to initial reports, unknown armed men had intercepted Director Noor Muhammad’s vehicle near Railway Colony when he was on his way to work.

#2: Four people, including two policemen, were killed and three others injured when the militants raided a security check-post in eastern Afghan province of Laghman overnight, the provincial government said in a statement Friday morning.

#3: A heavy explosion rocked southern Helmand province of Afghanistan late Thursday evening. The incident took place in Lashkargah city of Helmand province after a vehicle packed with explosives went off. Local residents and eye-witnesses in the are saying that a number of people have been killed or injured following the incident.

 

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