US-led forces kill 14 Afghans
Tuesday, 11 November 2008
KHOST, Afghanistan, Nov 10 (AFP):Fourteen Afghan security guards were killed in a clash with US-led troops, a provincial governor said Monday, but the military said they were suspected militants who fired first.
Three destroyed vehicles remaining at the scene after the fighting in the eastern province of Khost late Sunday were scorched and pocked with bullet holes, an AFP reporter said.
Khost governor Arsala Jamal said they were security guards for a road construction company, rejecting suggestions from the US-led coalition that the men were militants involved in a Taliban-led insurgency.
Three destroyed vehicles remaining at the scene after the fighting in the eastern province of Khost late Sunday were scorched and pocked with bullet holes, an AFP reporter said.
Khost governor Arsala Jamal said they were security guards for a road construction company, rejecting suggestions from the US-led coalition that the men were militants involved in a Taliban-led insurgency.