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| U.S. Says Aircraft Kill 11 Afghan Taliban | |
| 2003-09-18 | |
| The U.S. military said on Thursday U.S.-led forces had killed 11 Taliban fighters in Afghanistan in the past three days, while local officials said a group of rebels was surrounded by troops. U.S. military spokesman Major Ralph Marino told a news briefing that warplanes killed 11 Taliban fighters in the southern provinces of Kandahar and Zabul in the past 72 hours. "There were no reported coalition casualties or damage to equipment," he said. "Operation Mountain Viper" was launched in August in response to the presence of hundreds of Taliban guerrillas and their allies in Uruzgan and Zabul provinces, and over 100 rebels have been killed, mainly by air attacks by jets and helicopters. The hunting has been good. Khalid Pashtun, an official in Kandahar, also said three guerrillas were killed and two injured commanders arrested on Wednesday in fighting in Shahwali Kot district, 47 miles north of the provincial capital. "We have arrested two injured Taliban commanders — Mullah Abdullah and Mullah Baz Mohammad," Pashtun told Reuters, but it was not clear whether those killed in the clash were among the 11 deaths reported by the U.S. military. Hope the injuries are painful. In a separate incident, Afghan forces surrounded a group of Taliban fighters in a religious school in the Waza district of Paktika province after a brief overnight exchange of fire, the province’s police chief Dawlat Khan said. Khan told Reuters that locals had appealed to provincial forces not to harm the group, which was being led by Abdul Basir, a top official of the ousted radical movement. He said the troops were awaiting orders from the central government. Put a tight cordon around the place and wait them out.
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #2 option 1:surrender option 2:die |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-9-19 9:04:32 AM |
| #1 gotta think an injury/wound in that region is almost a sure fatality for the Talibs...good |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-9-18 12:05:07 PM |