War News for Wednesday, October 09, 2013

In Pakistan, vaccinating children against polio can be a deadly job


Reported security incidents
#1: A security official says a suicide car bombing has killed four people, two civilians and two policemen, in southern Afghanistan. Police spokesman for southern Helmand province, Shamem Noorzai, says Wednesday's attack took place in the Gareshk district. He says the bomber targeted a police patrol and blew up his car next to a police vehicle in a crowded area of the town of Gareshk. Noorzai says the explosion also wounded three civilians and a police officer.

#2: Three tribespeople hailing from the Khyber Agency were among those killed in the Nato airstrike in Pikha area in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, local sources said on Tuesday.The sources said that five others persons belonging to Khyber Agency sustained injuries the attack.


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DoD: Pfc. Cody J. Patterson