Five Nato troops, three Afghans killed in Herat

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Source: AFP

Two Afghan policewomen and a civilian were killed by a mine on their way to work on Thursday, a day after another five Nato soldiers died in the 10-year war against the Taliban.

The policewomen and civilian died when their vehicle was blown up by a remote-controlled mine on their
way to work at the civilian airport serving the western city of Herat, officials said.

Three foreign soldiers were also killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said, along with two others in separate incidents.

The latest deaths came a day after the UN released figures saying that violent incidents in the Afghan war increased nearly 40% in the first eight months of this year compared to the same period last year.

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[Plucketeer]

1. And the outside world

just keeps shoving more meat into this unstoppable grinder. I ask: WHAT will be the "purpose" of all the forgotten sacrafices - if and when this lunacy ever stops???

[Stuart G]

2. K and R