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mr.fook
These incidents will continue....
The situation in Afghanistan is only going to get worse.
When I see politicians supporting this war I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
On a positive note,more and more people are starting to see right thru the BS.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8343531.stm

The five British soldiers killed in an attack by an Afghan police officer have been named by the Ministry of Defence.

They were Warrant Officer Darren Chant, Sgt Matthew Telford, Guardsman James Major, Acting Cpl Steven Boote and Cpl Nicholas Webster-Smith.

A "rogue" Afghan policeman has been blamed by the UK military, but PM Gordon Brown has said the Taliban could have infiltrated the police.

The dead soldiers had been mentoring Afghan police in Helmand province.

WO1 Chant, Sgt Telford and Guardsman Major were from the Grenadier Guards, while Acting Cpl Boote and Cpl Webster-Smith were from the Royal Military Police.

They had been working and living in a compound at a national police checkpoint in the Nad Ali district for the last two weeks.

Six British servicemen and two Afghan National Police (ANP) officers were also injured in Tuesday's attack.

Taliban link probed

"While we are assembling evidence, the Taliban have claimed responsibility for this incident," Mr Brown told MPs in the Commons on Wednesday.

"It may be that the Taliban have used an Afghan police member or they have infiltrated the Afghan police force and that is what we've got to look at," he said.



Gordon Brown addresses MPs on Afghanistan shootings
However, BBC Kabul correspondent Ian Pannell later said the Taliban had not admitted carrying out the attack.

Mr Brown said training of Afghan police remained an "essential element" of the strategy in Afghanistan and would not be stopped because it was "what the Taliban fears most".

"We will have to increase the number of police but it's clear we will have to increase the quality of police as well," he told the Commons.

"I would not want to draw conclusions about all the Afghan police from one single incident," he added.

William Ferrand, the uncle of Sgt Telford, said his nephew had "absolutely loved" his job training Afghan forces.

He added: "Everybody knows what a wonderful lad he was. It has devastated all of us."

Sgt Telford, of Grimsby, leaves a wife, Kerry, and two sons aged nine and four.

Paul Thundercliffe taught Guardsman Major at the Lindsey School in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.

"He had a cheeky smile and he always wanted to make you understand where he was coming from," he told the BBC.

"He was very forthright and as he went through the school he just wanted to get better and better at everything that he did."

royalblood
I don't understand the war there is nothing in this world that can be solved by war, it makes things only worse...
The current state of Aghanistan is such a shame for human being that it is beyond repair and will haunt us for generations. Such a nice country with rich culture and history is put into dust by human greed.

These incidents of killing of soldiers are being reported to gain symapthy and fool public as why it was good to atack at first place...
Soldiers should be prepared to die as they choosen this job nobody forced them; on the other hand the killing of innocent people that is going on from years is never known or presented with such sympathy, the quotes from Maj. Gen about the soldier who died and how good he was etc etc may make us feel sad but do you realize how many innonect people killed every day who have got nothing to do with this war and worse we don't even care.

I was watching this documentary abt current state of Afghanistan and I almost cried after seeing little kids all handicap and their mother and other women are earning by selling herself.. its pity

I don't know what differnce it will make by posting on this thread as I feel me being a selfish guy who is enjoying his life in this part of world where there is no war, people is not killing each other, they are being loved....I am sure they (Afghanistanis) doubt themselves if they are even human...
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