KHERWAR MISSION - U.S. Army paratroopers travel back to combat outpost Kherwar after a mission they conducted in the village of Bakshikhala, Kherwar district, Logar province, Afghanistan, April 12, 2010. The paratroopers are assigned to Company C, 1st Squadron, 91st Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team. The purpose of this mission was to provide a presence and provide medical care. U.S. Army photo by Sgt Russell GilchrestA Killing Further Erodes Afghan Faith In Leaders -- New York Times
KABUL, Afghanistan — Late on Monday night, Azizullah Yarmal, Kandahar’s deputy mayor, walked into a large mosque in his city and faced toward Mecca. He knelt down in unison with the others, leaning forward so his head touched the floor in ritual prayer.
That was when gunmen, unseen by the bent-over worshipers, shot him to death. Killings of local notables have become a routine occurrence in Kandahar, but the slaying of Mr. Yarmal, perhaps the most admired public official in the violent city, shook people to the core.
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