The war in Afghanistan was won eons ago, it seems. So that means the country has now become a quiet, peaceful place, right?
Not exactly. Many parts of Afghanistan are almost as lawless as they were before the American assault.
On Thursday, the United Nations had to stop mine-clearing operations along a critical highway, because of repeated attacks on the people removing the mines.
"On May 3, gunmen shot and killed the driver of a car belonging to a local de-mining agency...on the main Kabul to Kandahar road, and wounded one of the passengers," Reuters reports. "Two days later, six gunmen stopped a car belonging to a U.N.-funded de-mining agency further south on the same road, opening fire on the Afghan staff after finding no foreigners in the car."
Taliban guerillas have been blamed for the strikes.
(via Periscope)
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