Topic: Afghan Attacks Leave Nine Dead

Philadelphia Inquirer
December 31, 2007
KABUL, Afghanistan - A roadside bomb killed a NATO soldier and wounded four others yesterday in southern Afghanistan, while a Taliban ambush left eight Afghan security personnel dead, officials said.
The NATO soldiers were patrolling in the country's volatile south when an explosion ripped through their vehicle, NATO said. It did not identify the victims' nationalities or the exact location of the blast.
In central Wardak province, Taliban militants fired rocket-propelled grenades Saturday at a convoy led by private security guards, killing six guards and two police officers, said Wardak police chief Gen. Zafaruddin, who goes by one name. This year has been Afghanistan's most violent since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion drove the Taliban from power.
--AP