Assassinations On The Rise In Afghanistan

Photo: Marines in Helmand Province. (Abdullah Shaheen/IRIN)

From NPR:

All Things Considered, May 19, 2009 · The number of assassinations in Afghanistan is growing, particularly in Kandahar province, where Taliban militants are strong and well-organized. Dozens of politicians, government employees, activists and Muslim clerics have been targeted in an attempt to silence critics and disrupt the government.

Last month in Kandahar, Afghanistan's largest southern city, a local education director and a health official were shot dead by militants who stormed a government compound.

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My Comment: They are killing the best of the best in the country .... teachers, clerics, doctors .... this is the true face of evil.