Mujahideen kill 7 coalitions, 9 Afghans, wound 10 coalitions in Helmand

HELMAND, Mar. 15 - A series of the Mujahideen's attacks and bombings inflicted huge losses of life and material on the joint Afghan and US-led coalition troops in Helmand's Nad Ali, Gerishk, Musa Kala and Sangin districts through much of Monday, Mar. 15, 2010.

According to the details, Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, in a confrontation with U.S-led coalition troops in the Mal Geru area of Gerisk district, killed 1 foreign coalition soldiers and wounded three others, on Monday morning.

In another incident elsewhere, a coalition tank got hit by roadside bomb in Nad Ali's Lui Mandah area, leaving a dozens of the coalition soldiers dead who were in the tank, in the afternoon hours of Monday.

Also on Monday, a massive blast killed 6 coalition soldiers instantly and seriously hurt 7 others while they were on foot combat patrol mission in Loi Char Rahi area of Marjah town of Nad Ali.

According to the locals, the explosion was powerful enough to throw the torn flesh and mutilated parts of their bodies across the area.

Similarly, on Sunday, Mar. 14, some 9 Afghan soldiers were killed in an IED blast that blown apart their vehicle in Musa Kala's Dagian area.

Yet on Sunday, an Afghan translator for the coalitions was shot dead while talking to the locals of the area.

Source: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
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