Three Swedish soldiers killed -a roadside bomb

[rodeodance]

http://www.afghannews.net/index.php?action=show&type=news&id=167

11. February 2006, 12:36

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok Afghan News) - The Sweden forces would get command of the Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT) in four northern provinces in the next one month.

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Colonel Tommy further said about 200 Swedish soldiers would be stationed in the new base, which was being constructed under the supervision of three Swedish and some Afghan engineers.

Referring to attacks on ISAF in the province, he said some previous incidents had intensified the need for strict security measures on part of the peacekeepers as well as the Afghan forces.

At least three Swedish soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle in the Shadian desert of the province. Several other attacks were also registered on foreign forces in the past few months.

By: Ahmad Naim Qadriri

[cliss]

1. What are Swedes doing

in Afghanistan? They have no business there. After this latest incident (the Muhammad cartoons) things are getting very dicey for people with pale faces in muslim countries.

The gauntlet has been thrown down. From here on out, they're going to target westerners. Pakistan is a powderkeg, Afghanistan is seething under the surface. If I wasn't mistaken, I'd say George Bush did it on purpose.

[Erika]

2. His own father warned him

But I guess his oil buds pulled his strings anyway.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. Anyone know if "Afghan News Network" is reliable?

Because I can't find this reported anywhere else. It might be a reference to this, back in November:

A second Swedish NATO peacekeeper has died from injuries sustained in an explosion in Afghanistan last month, the Swedish military said on Friday.

The soldier was identified as 30-year-old Tomas Bergqvist.

He was one of four Swedish soldiers injured in a blast while on patrol in Mazar-i-Sharif, in the north of Afghanistan, on November 25.

http://www.thelocal.se/article.php?ID=2656&date=20051209