On Saturday at least 50 people died in suicide attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan: In Baghdad, a suicide bomber attacked a bus with Shiite pilgrims. In southern Afghanistan Taliban took the headquarters of the police in Kandahar for hours under fire. On Saturday it was in Iraq and Afghanistan for several suicide attacks, with at least 50 deaths.
In the Iraqi capital Baghdad, a suicide bomber blew up aboard a bus occupied with Shiite pilgrims in the air. He added, police said at least 28 people lost with the death. 24 people were injured in the attack on Saturday near the town of Samarra, including women and children were among the victims.
The pilgrims were on their way north to Al Askarai mosque in the capital. The Mosque in Samarra is a popular destination for pilgrims. It was the second attack in three days on a pilgrimage, the mosque of Al Askarai were on the road. After the bombing of the mosque in 2006, there had been years of reprisals between Sunnis and Shiites.
The reconstruction of the golden dome of the mosque has not yet been finalized. In a series of attacks in southern Afghanistan on Saturday are at least 22 people, including 15 policemen, were killed. Also, four insurgents were killed. About 70 people were injured, including several children apparently.
Taliban profess to stop one of the goals of the terrorist attacks was the headquarters of the police in the city of Kandahar. Taliban fighters took over the police station for hours with violent storms and machine guns and grenade launchers under fire. Also, two cars equipped with explosives blew up.
Three other bombs were defused in time. The attackers were reportedly fired from a building near the police building, which they had previously occupied. These were, according to a correspondent at the hotel specializes in weddings Sarnegar Hall. The radical Islamic Taliban identified themselves on the attacks.
They had been committed by six men who were eventually themselves blown up, "said Taliban spokesman Yusuf Ahmadi, the news agency. Meanwhile, the situation "under control". The Afghan police and U.S. army sealed off the police headquarters from a wide area, U.S. combat helicopters flew over the area.
According to several eyewitnesses are also U.S. soldiers of the NATO-ISAF troops involved in the fighting, ISAF has denied this, however. Kandahar is a stronghold of the insurgents in Afghanistan. Despite several offensives by NATO troops against insurgents, the violence in the province in recent months have increased.
In January, the vice-governor of Kandahar was killed in a suicide attack. With him died 17 other people.
In the Iraqi capital Baghdad, a suicide bomber blew up aboard a bus occupied with Shiite pilgrims in the air. He added, police said at least 28 people lost with the death. 24 people were injured in the attack on Saturday near the town of Samarra, including women and children were among the victims.
The pilgrims were on their way north to Al Askarai mosque in the capital. The Mosque in Samarra is a popular destination for pilgrims. It was the second attack in three days on a pilgrimage, the mosque of Al Askarai were on the road. After the bombing of the mosque in 2006, there had been years of reprisals between Sunnis and Shiites.
The reconstruction of the golden dome of the mosque has not yet been finalized. In a series of attacks in southern Afghanistan on Saturday are at least 22 people, including 15 policemen, were killed. Also, four insurgents were killed. About 70 people were injured, including several children apparently.
Taliban profess to stop one of the goals of the terrorist attacks was the headquarters of the police in the city of Kandahar. Taliban fighters took over the police station for hours with violent storms and machine guns and grenade launchers under fire. Also, two cars equipped with explosives blew up.
Three other bombs were defused in time. The attackers were reportedly fired from a building near the police building, which they had previously occupied. These were, according to a correspondent at the hotel specializes in weddings Sarnegar Hall. The radical Islamic Taliban identified themselves on the attacks.
They had been committed by six men who were eventually themselves blown up, "said Taliban spokesman Yusuf Ahmadi, the news agency. Meanwhile, the situation "under control". The Afghan police and U.S. army sealed off the police headquarters from a wide area, U.S. combat helicopters flew over the area.
According to several eyewitnesses are also U.S. soldiers of the NATO-ISAF troops involved in the fighting, ISAF has denied this, however. Kandahar is a stronghold of the insurgents in Afghanistan. Despite several offensives by NATO troops against insurgents, the violence in the province in recent months have increased.
In January, the vice-governor of Kandahar was killed in a suicide attack. With him died 17 other people.
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