Two bombs have exploded on Sunday to step two shielded RG-31 between the towns English of Golojirac and Mangan, in the province of Badghis (Afghanistan), with no personal injuries have occurred among its occupants. Its occupants have not been damaged by the housings of vehicles.
As reported by the Ministry of Defence in a statement, the vehicles were part of a reconnaissance patrol, composed of English troops in collaboration with Afghan army forces, charged with protecting the construction of the so-called Lithium Path , which links Qala-i-Naw (capital of Badghis) to the north of the province.
The note stresses the importance of targeted vehicles were two of the new RG-31 armored with English troops operating since last year, they offer, along with media Lince armored, most "protection against type mines and improvised explosive devices that can be found in the market." "The main priority is to ensure the best protection available to our soldiers in all their missions. And in particular those in Afghanistan, which is the hardest stage, more complex and more risky in our military who participated in 22 years international missions, "said Defense.
The Government approved on 2 November 2007, a renovation plan for armored vehicles which included the acquisition of 575 cars in three phases, with a total investment of 321 million euros. Currently, the English contingent deployed in Afghanistan has, according to Defense, with 67 RG-31 armored vehicles and 131 Lince, all equipped with frequency inhibition systems.
Hard fighting in Kandahar
Meanwhile, at least 18 Taliban-seven of them suicide, two soldiers and three civilians were killed Sunday in an offensive by security forces to regain control of Afghan city Kandahar, stronghold of radical Islamists to the U.S. invasion in late 2001, after two days of clashes triggered by a coordinated offensive by insurgents in the area.
NATO estimated 60 militants have been involved in the attacks, while the insurgents themselves speak of a hundred. According to police, most of them were Pakistanis. Afghan President Hamid Karzai, considered the response of militants to death last Sunday, the leader of Al Qaeda in an operation by U.S. special forces in Pakistan. A Taliban spokesman, however, stated that the offense was committed and prepared in a while.
The fighting has crippled during the weekend the city, commercial hub. The shops closed and streets have been emptied of people, who have taken refuge in their homes waiting for the cessation of violence.
PD. The English forces in Afghanistan belong to the last change, Canary Brigade.
Source: http://www.elpais.com/
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