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| US-Led Troops Mount Airstrikes on Taleban Hide-Outs, 6 Killed |
| 2006-04-15 |
 Six Taleban guerrillas were killed in an airstrike by US-led troops in eastern Afghanistan yesterday after blasts elsewhere in the country killed three policemen and wounded two British troops. The airstrike was carried out in Kunar province as part of Operation Lion launched on Wednesday to flush out militants from the area, officials said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Our tax dollars at work! How appropriate today! |
| Posted by: Steve White 2006-04-15 14:04 |
#1  AP now reports:41 Taliban Killed in Intense Fighting By RAHIM FAIEZ, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 54 minutes ago KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Afghan security forces backed by coalition helicopters attacked a suspected Taliban hideout in southern Afghanistan, setting off an intense gunbattle that killed 41 rebels, a provincial governor said Saturday. Six Afghan police officers also died in Friday's fighting in Sangisar, a town 25 miles southwest of Kandahar, said Asadullah Khalid, the provincial governor. Nine police and several militants were wounded. "Acting on intelligence reports that Taliban have gathered in Sangisar to plan an attack in Kandahar, we launched this operation Friday and the fighting continued from morning to evening," he said. Khalid said security forces were pursuing Taliban fighters who fled to a nearby village. He said security forces had seen the bodies of 41 rebels but had only retrieved 11. AH-64 Apache helicopters provided by coalition forces fired rockets to support Afghan forces on the ground, said U.S. military spokesman Lt. Mike Cody. He declined to comment on casualty figures. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2006-04-15 11:53 |