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Indianademocrat91 Donating Member (287 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-14-10 03:28 PM
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Sole survivor of Afghan attack on health workers tells story
AP Exclusive: Afghan attack survivor tells story

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_afghan_aid_worker_killings


"They had made a plan," Safiullah said. "It was a very organized group. They had leadership. They were well-organized. They were militants."

Safiullah said he believed the commander — a man he described as a "tyrant with a cruel face" — was Pakistani because he yelled "Jaldee! Jaldee!" — a word used in several regional languages that means "hurry up." It is more commonly used in Pakistan and India than Afghanistan.

Safiullah said he believed the rest of the gunmen were from Nuristan province because while they understood Dari and Pashto, the two main languages spoken in Afghanistan, they conversed in Pashaye, a local dialect used only in parts of the northeast corner of the nation where the attack occurred.



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Just another example of how no one is safe in these "wars." The account Safiullah gives is just brutal and heart-wrenching.:(
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