Deadly Convoy 2

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2 Aug, 2017 13:28
U.S. troops assess the damage to an armoured vehicle of NATO-led military coalition after a suicide bomber's attack in Kandahar province, Afghanistan August 2, 2017. © Ahmad Nadeem © Reuters

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A NATO convoy has been attacked in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province, the alliance said, adding that the assault led to an unspecified number of casualties. Two US soldiers were among the dead, the Pentagon has confirmed.

The convoy was attacked on Wednesday afternoon on the outskirts of Kandahar city, the NATO-led Resolute Support mission said in a statement. It noted that “the attack did cause casualties” without providing further details.

Resolute Support can confirm that a NATO
convoy was attacked this afternoon in #Kandahar . pic.twitter.com/gwRfMGBjLq

— Resolute Support (@ResoluteSupport) August 2, 2017

“Unfortunately, we don't have the confirmed number,” a mission representative confirmed in a statement to RT, while not specifying the nationalities of the persons killed or injured. “We do know that all of the wounded have arrived at a coalition medical facility and are receiving treatment.”

On Thursday afternoon, the Pentagon said two US soldiers were killed in the attack. They were not identified, pending the notification of their next of kin.

In the meantime, Kandahar police spokesman Zia Durrani told AFP that a suicide bomber rammed a vehicle laden with explosives into the convoy.

'At around noon a car bomb targeted a convoy of foreign forces in the Daman area of Kandahar,' Blurred lines robin thicke marvin gaye. he said.

The Taliban terrorist group, which has a heavy presence in the southern Afghan province, claimed the attack in a text message to the news agency. Local media also said the group announced it is behind the attack.

A total of 13,459 soldiers from 39 countries, including about 7,000 US troops, are currently contributing to the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission (RSM). The mission is mainly focused on “training, assisting and advising” the Afghan forces, according to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

In late June, Stoltenberg announced that the alliance would send “a few thousand more troops” to Afghanistan, without specifying the exact number of the new contingent. Washington was reportedly planning to deploy 4,000 troops in addition to its forces that are already part of the mission in Afghanistan.

The US forces mainly operate from an airfield located in Kandahar, while more than 300 marines and army soldiers are stationed in the neighboring Helmand province. The convoy hit in the attack was allegedly heading to the Kandahar airfield, according to the Afghan Tolo News.

The attack on the convoy came just a day after an assault that targeted a Shiite mosque in the western Afghan city of Herat. The assault claimed the lives of 20 people and left dozens injured. A week earlier, a massive blast rocked the Afghan capital, Kabul, leaving 35 people dead and 40 others injured.

That deadly East Bank accident and the Presidential convoy

DEAR EDITOR,

I wish to thank the Kaieteur News for publishing my October 14th letter in which I dealt with the large amount of Police resources being employed to shield President Granger from embarrassment, much to the detriment of ordinary citizens who are left at the mercy of blood-thirsty criminals.
In light of the gruesome accident in which a Guyana Police Force vehicle that is used to clear traffic for the Presidential convoy, collided with a civilian driven vehicle causing the death of five persons, I’m compelled to highlight another aspect of the misuse of valuable state resources.
Editor, the official residence of the President is at State House on Main Street in Georgetown. Mr Granger however, resides at his Pearl, East Bank Demerara home but conducts the business of the state at State House so he has to traverse between the two locations daily. This means that Granger’s large convoy of vehicles and police ranks have to go back and forth between these two locations daily. This comes at a great inconvenience to both citizens and the police ranks as the roads have to be cleared, ranks placed at almost every intersection along the route, etc. These over-worked police ranks have to travel to Pearl from as early as 4 am in the morning to escort President Granger down then take him up back at nights.
As I outlined in my pervious letter, vast amounts of police resources are devoted to ‘securing’ the President. By the government’s own admission some 140 ranks (4% of the Guyana Police Force) were deployed at Corneila Ida over the weekend, so one can only image the size of Granger’s convoy. In fact you don’t have to imagine – it is very large as whereas his predecessors used 2 to 3 vehicles, Granger’s entourage has around 9, along with several motorcycle outriders. And it is not just the President as even Ministers now travel in convoys with vehicles equipped with sirens and security features (costing us taxpayers some $17M), often causing huge discomfort to the traveling public.
So, though accidents are unfortunate and I don’t wish to put the blame on anyone, for me it was inevitable that an incident of this magnitude would’ve happened given all that I’ve outlined above.
The final point I wish to make is whether or not it is prudent for Mr Granger to traverse daily between State House and his Pearl residence given the vast sums and human resources that have to be expended and given the likelihood of a reoccurrence of today’s deadly accident involving a vehicle that clears the way for his convoy.
I’m sure President Granger is not “unbothered” by the death of those five persons.

Yours faithfully
Anson Paul

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