NATO leader, Dutchman Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, has told the BBC that the Taliban will not beat the British or any other NATO troops who are in Afghanistan.
Brit marine dies in suicide bomb
Attack ... claimed British life
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By ONLINE REPORTER
October 19, 2006
A ROYAL Marine died in Afghanistan after a suicide attack against a military convoy today.
He died of injuries sustained in the explosion in Lashkar Gah in Helmand Province, the Ministry of Defence said.
Another Royal Marine was very seriously injured in the incident, which took place this morning as the convoy was leaving the Afghan National Police Station.
According to reports, a Nato vehicle was attacked by the bomber in the turbulent southern province of Helmand.
Witnesses said several people were killed when the suicide bomber threw himself at troops, with reports of two Nato personnel among the dead.
Nato secretary general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said the use of suicide bombs was an indication that the Taliban recognised they could not defeat multinational forces by conventional means.
Blast ... hurt several soldiers
Giving his response to today’s incident, Mr de Hoop Scheffer told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “It does bring home that the Taliban and the other spoilers of the process of nation-building and democracy in Afghanistan are having to go with these kinds of horrible tactics - improvised explosive devices, suicide bombers and so on - because they know they can’t beat Nato in other ways.
“I can assure you they will not beat Nato - neither the UK nor other forces - by employing these tactics.”
Mr de Hoop Scheffer played down the prediction of Lieutenant General David Richards, the British commander of Nato’s international security force in Afghanistan, that this winter could see a “tipping point” with local people switching their allegiance to the Taliban.
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Brit marine dies in suicide bomb
Attack ... claimed British life
FULL NEWS INDEX ››
By ONLINE REPORTER
October 19, 2006
A ROYAL Marine died in Afghanistan after a suicide attack against a military convoy today.
He died of injuries sustained in the explosion in Lashkar Gah in Helmand Province, the Ministry of Defence said.
Another Royal Marine was very seriously injured in the incident, which took place this morning as the convoy was leaving the Afghan National Police Station.
According to reports, a Nato vehicle was attacked by the bomber in the turbulent southern province of Helmand.
Witnesses said several people were killed when the suicide bomber threw himself at troops, with reports of two Nato personnel among the dead.
Nato secretary general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said the use of suicide bombs was an indication that the Taliban recognised they could not defeat multinational forces by conventional means.
Blast ... hurt several soldiers
Giving his response to today’s incident, Mr de Hoop Scheffer told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “It does bring home that the Taliban and the other spoilers of the process of nation-building and democracy in Afghanistan are having to go with these kinds of horrible tactics - improvised explosive devices, suicide bombers and so on - because they know they can’t beat Nato in other ways.
“I can assure you they will not beat Nato - neither the UK nor other forces - by employing these tactics.”
Mr de Hoop Scheffer played down the prediction of Lieutenant General David Richards, the British commander of Nato’s international security force in Afghanistan, that this winter could see a “tipping point” with local people switching their allegiance to the Taliban.
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