Taliban Fighters Attack Afghan City, Al Jazeera, 27 April 2010

EXCERPT: "At least three people have been killed and 35 others injured after a cache of explosives detonated near the Afghan city of Kandahar, officials said. Sher Mohammed Zazai, a commander of Afghan forces in the south of the country, said Tuesday's attack happened close to an air field and hit a compound providing logistical support to Nato forces. Al Jazeera's James Bays reporting from the capital, Kabul, said: 'The compound is run by a company called Supreme, which is one of the main contractors supplying food, logistical support and other supplies for the international forces across Afghanistan at the Kandahar air base - the second biggest military base in the whole of the country.'"

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Q+A - Security worsens in Kandahar ahead of major U.S. assault, Reuters India, 27 April 2010
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, The Canadian Press, 26 April 2010

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