Monday, September 21, 2009 KABUL: Two tanks were destroyed and 16 allies and Afghan forces troops were killed in an attack on their convoy in Afghanistan.Hizb-e-Islami spokesman claimed that their fighters have blown up two tanks of the allied forces by a remote control device at Khawaskhelo area of Lugar province. Hizb-e-Islami claimed that eight allied forces troops were also killed in the tanks blow up. Besides four more allied forces troops were killed in another incident of remote control blast blowing up a tank at Galawat area of Laghman province.On the other hand, Hizb-e-Islami spokesman has accepted the responsibility of attack on the joint convoy of allied forces and Afghan army, resulting in the death of two allied forces troops and to Afghan soldiers. Hizb-e-Islami spokesman has confirmed one of their fighters receiving injury.
BEIRUT: Thousands of people converged Saturday on central Beirut to mark the fourth anniversary of the assassination of Lebanese former premier Rafiq Hariri.Waving Lebanese flags and carrying pictures of the slain leader, men, women and children gathered under sunny skies in Martyr's Square where members of the parliamentary majority were to address the crowd. The rally comes as final preparations are underway in The Hague for the launch of the international tribunal set up to bring Hariri's killers to justice. It also comes as the country prepares for legislative elections in June that will pit Western-backed political parties against a Hezbollah-led alliance backed by Syria and Iran.Hariri died in a massive car bombing on February 14, 2005 that also killed 22 others. The assassination was widely blamed on then Lebanese power-broker Syria, which has denied any involvement. The attack on the Beirut seafront was one of the worst acts of political violence to rock Lebanon since t...
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