Shaffer
02-03-03, 07:14 AM
AGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Afghan special forces working with US special forces and Marines from the US Embassy detained three men in Kabul on Wednesday night suspected of planning to bomb American and coalition facilities.
The detentions occurred amid heightened security concerns following the heaviest fighting in almost a year by US and coalition forces against rebel fighters aligned with rogue warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar near Kandahar, a former Taliban stronghold.
In a separate incident, four US military personnel were killed yesterday in the crash of a CH-60 Black Hawk helicopter 6 to 8 miles from Bagram air base, which sits on a wide plain flanked by alpine peaks.
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/031/nation/3_arrested_in_Afghan_bomb_plot+.shtml
The detentions occurred amid heightened security concerns following the heaviest fighting in almost a year by US and coalition forces against rebel fighters aligned with rogue warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar near Kandahar, a former Taliban stronghold.
In a separate incident, four US military personnel were killed yesterday in the crash of a CH-60 Black Hawk helicopter 6 to 8 miles from Bagram air base, which sits on a wide plain flanked by alpine peaks.
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/031/nation/3_arrested_in_Afghan_bomb_plot+.shtml