KABUL - At least 94 suspected Taleban insurgents were killed overnight on Sunday by international and Afghan forces in southern Kandahar province. In the joint operation by Afghan forces and International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) known as Operation Medusa, 94 insurgents were killed and 1 was wounded in four separate battles overnight Sunday in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, a NATO statement said.
Two coalition soldiers were also killed in two separate incidents overnight Sunday in Kandahar and the southern province of Zabul, coalition forces announced in Kabul Sunday. One of the two soldiers was working with a unit of the Afghan army that is currently supporting Operation Medusa in Panjwayi district, 25 kilometres west of Kandahar province, the statement said. The second soldier was serving with the operation in support of Afghan Army forces in Zabul province. Both soldiers were members of the embedded training team, which trains Afghan army soldiers for military operations, the statement added. |