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U.S. troops remember beloved Afghan worker

Posted on 2009 under Blogs, Military, Operations In Afghanistan, US_Military | No Comment

3 Jul

Our soldiers don’t hate the Afghan people. Far from it, and this is a classic example of such care that we have for mankind, regardless of background or citizenship.

 

They called him "Abdul No. 1." But the quiet cafeteria worker at Forward Operating Base Salerno was far more than a number to the U.S. troops enduring near-constant Taliban attacks along Afghanistan’s eastern border.

Over the past year in Khost province where the base is located, dozens of suicide bombings, rocket-propelled grenade attacks and mortar fire have taken the lives of scores of U.S. soldiers and Afghan civilians.

Abdul met the same fate last month at the hands of the Taliban, who accused him of being an American sympathizer.

Read the whole story at:

www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/02/us-troops-remember-beloved-afghan-worker/

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