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02/16/2006:

"Blast kills Afghan policeman, UK troops arrive"

KABUL, Feb 15 (Reuters) - A blast killed an Afghan policeman and wounded two colleagues on Wednesday and two intelligence officers kidnapped this week have been found dead, officials said.

The violence came as the first 150 British combat troops of a deployment of about 3,300 British troops to the Afghan south arrived in the country.

Taliban or members of an allied faction were responsible for the blast that hit the second of two police vehicles travelling on a road in Ghazni province, south of the Kabul, said district government official Habibullah Jan.

"Militants who don't want peace and stability were behind this," he said.
alertnet.org

Oh...so the U.S. is behind it...