11 dead in Afghan insurgent offensive

Seven civilians were pulled from a bus on their way to work for a foreign security company on Tuesday morning. Their bodies were discovered tied up and dumped in the main bazaar of the Charkh district Wednesday afternoon. Charkh district governor Humayoon Farooq told AFP "The Taliban dropped their bullet-riddled bodies in the bazaar of Charkh district and fled the scene before security forces arrived” Three NATO staff and an Afghan interpreter were also killed Wednesday In a series of three separate roadside bomb attacks in east and west Afghanistan according to an AFP report. The Afghan summer normally marks an increase in attacks by insurgents with this year targeting Afghans working for security organisations. In a similar incident last week four private security workers were forced off a bus, killed and dumped by the roadside.