Remote-controlled roadside explosions have become a frequent problem in Afghanistan.
They predicted the insurgents would switch to lower-level, guerrilla-style tactics like suicide bombs and roadside explosions.
It has been 20 months since he returned from Iraq after a roadside explosion shattered his left foot.
This shortage has resulted in the group placing greater emphasis on bombings and roadside explosions using cheaper, homemade bombs, to counter the regime.
A roadside explosion injured three people in Jalawla.
A roadside explosion in central Baghdad at 6:30 a.m. wounded six police officers.
A roadside explosion in Taji, just north of the capital, killed 2 civilians and injured 11 others.
In Mogadishu an army officer was killed and a second injured when their vehicle was hit by a roadside explosion.
Two British soldiers were also killed Monday, in a roadside explosion in Basra.
And a series of roadside explosions have rocked army vehicles on an empty stretch of road leading into Israel just a couple miles away.