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May 05, 2003
Special Forces unit takes rocket fire in Afghanistan; no injuries
Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan — Rebels fired five rockets at Special Forces soldiers training in eastern Afghanistan, the Army said Monday.
The rockets, fired Sunday near Gardez, missed the soldiers by 800 yards and no one was injured, an Army statement said.
Coalition soldiers continue to be targeted in frequent rocket attacks despite Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld’s declaration last week that “major combat activities” in Afghanistan are finished.
Some 11,500 troops from 23 countries remain in Afghanistan hunting remnants of the ousted Taliban regime, fugitives from the al-Qaida terrorist network and loyalists of renegade rebel leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
A patrol from the 82nd Airborne Division was dispatched to investigate Sunday’s attack, but the statement did not mention if they found anything.
Soldiers in the area took two people into custody last week after a similar rocket attack.
Two soldiers were killed in a firefight on April 25 near Shkin in southeast Afghanistan. They had been investigating suspicious activity at the site of a recent rocket attack.
Meanwhile, seven Afghans were brought to various U.S. medical facilities across Afghanistan over the weekend, the statement said.
Three were treated for gunshot wounds, but the Army said it was not clear how they were shot. Two were wounded in mine explosions, and in a separate incident a man was treated for a fractured skull. All six men were in stable condition on Monday. No further details were given.
A young Afghan girl was evacuated to Bagram Air Base from Orgun, about 110 miles south of Kabul, after an apparent drug overdose, the statement said. She remained in intensive care on Monday.
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Copyright 2003 The Associated Press.
Sempers,
Roger
Special Forces unit takes rocket fire in Afghanistan; no injuries
Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan — Rebels fired five rockets at Special Forces soldiers training in eastern Afghanistan, the Army said Monday.
The rockets, fired Sunday near Gardez, missed the soldiers by 800 yards and no one was injured, an Army statement said.
Coalition soldiers continue to be targeted in frequent rocket attacks despite Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld’s declaration last week that “major combat activities” in Afghanistan are finished.
Some 11,500 troops from 23 countries remain in Afghanistan hunting remnants of the ousted Taliban regime, fugitives from the al-Qaida terrorist network and loyalists of renegade rebel leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
A patrol from the 82nd Airborne Division was dispatched to investigate Sunday’s attack, but the statement did not mention if they found anything.
Soldiers in the area took two people into custody last week after a similar rocket attack.
Two soldiers were killed in a firefight on April 25 near Shkin in southeast Afghanistan. They had been investigating suspicious activity at the site of a recent rocket attack.
Meanwhile, seven Afghans were brought to various U.S. medical facilities across Afghanistan over the weekend, the statement said.
Three were treated for gunshot wounds, but the Army said it was not clear how they were shot. Two were wounded in mine explosions, and in a separate incident a man was treated for a fractured skull. All six men were in stable condition on Monday. No further details were given.
A young Afghan girl was evacuated to Bagram Air Base from Orgun, about 110 miles south of Kabul, after an apparent drug overdose, the statement said. She remained in intensive care on Monday.
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Copyright 2003 The Associated Press.
Sempers,
Roger