Saturday, May 7, 2011

BBC News - Afghanistan: Fierce fighting follows Kandahar attack

BBC News - Afghanistan: Fierce fighting follows Kandahar attack: "Intense fighting has taken place in Afghanistan's second city of Kandahar amid co-ordinated militant attacks, including at least six suicide bombs.

The Taliban said it was behind the triple assault on the provincial governor's office, the Afghan spy agency and a police station.

At least two people were killed and 23 injured in the fighting, which spread panic on the streets.

One official linked the attack to the recent escape of hundreds of prisoners."

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