KABUL - blew a Taliban sleeper agent of itself an Afghan Army Corps Headquarters on Sunday, killing two soldiers from the U.S.-led coalition and at least two Afghan civilians in attack ability to infiltrate presumably secure military installations presented the insurgents.
The bomber struck in the city of Gardez, capital of the eastern part of Paktia province, just a few days after supporters who had joined the Afghan border police shot dead six American soldiers in the neighbouring province of Nangarhar province an insurgents. A separate written by insurgent attack Sunday killed another coalition service member in southern of Afghanistan.
Associated press doctors treat an injured man in a hospital, wounded by a suicide attack in Gardez, East of Kabul, Afghanistan.This year is the deadliest for coalition forces since the war began in the year 2001, 677 fatalities, followed most of you American, according to icasualties.org, a website, the Allied losses. The Taliban in the last year have repeatedly sent suicide bombers in Afghan army and police bases, often using within help. In December last year, a double agent of al Qaeda even at a CIA facility in the Eastern Province of Khost Province, near from Paktia province, exploded to kill seven CIA officers and contractors.
Sunday's bombing occurred while a souvenir bazaar at the Afghan army 203rd Corps, substance which is also a U.S. Millitär basis, houses, said Paktia province Government spokesman Rohullah Samoon. The Coalition the nationalities of Allied casualties not open but most soldiers in Paktia province provided are American. Afghan officials said 18 people in the explosion, including five Afghan soldiers were injured.
The Taliban claimed a much higher number of deaths as you normally do, identifies suicide bombers as Gul Rasul. The insurgent group spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said that the bomber was a soldier in the Afghan army joined the military so he could carry out such an attack. A Ministry spokesman Afghan defence said he knew the identity of the attacker.
The Afghan merchants killed or wounded Sunday, legitimate objectives, said the Taliban statement because "Everybody on this Bazaar with U.S. troops are not allowed work and ordinary people, to go there."
The Taliban, who reinforced attacks Afghanistan despite the surge of US troops of President Barack Obama decided last year in December, are also trying to achieve in the last months on humanitarian groups and the media as a future Government position.
In a letter from Mr Mujahid this weekend at several international news organizations, including the Wall Street Journal said the Taliban Islamic Emirate Afghanistan it "instructed has his Mujahideen in all parts of Afghanistan to help collect journalists in relevant information and data that you perform your duty proficiently can."
In the same letter in the name of the Emirate's "Cultural Commission," the Taliban also complained that their statements received not appropriate attention as "Global colonialist junta under the leadership of America has tried to keep everything in its power to its monopoly over the media allow you perform their journalistic work impartially."
Several Western journalists in recent years by the Taliban have been kidnapped and two French TV reporter, kidnapped by rebels almost a year ago are still in captivity.
Write toYaroslav Trofimov at yaroslav.trofimov@wsj.com
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