9 Private Security Guards Killed in Afghanistan

Thursday, 29 July 2010 13:51 Written by TOLOnews

At least nine guards of private security companies were killed and another two got wounded in two separate incidents in the southern Ghazni province

Six guards of a security company were killed when their car was hit by a road-side mine in the province's Landi Kota area, the Police Chief of Ghazni, Nawroz Ali Mahmoud Zada told TOLOnews.

Meanwhile three guards of a private security company were killed, and another two were wounded in clashes with Taliban militants in the southern Ghazni province on Thursday morning.

The incident occurred at 8am on Thursday in Arzu village of Ghazni city, the provincial capital of Ghazni, when Taliban insurgents attacked a convoy of a private security company passing by the area, Mahmoud Zada said.

The Taliban often attack private security companies to take money as bribe.

Insurgents had also attacked a private road-construction company on Sunday, in which five Taliban militants were killed.