 Eight Taliban terrorists and one Afghan policeman were killed in clashes with Afghan and coalition forces in southern Afghanistan, the country's most volatile parts. In the first incident, Taliban clashed with police in Afghanistan's insurgency-plague Kandahar province. In the ensuing fight, one policeman and five terrorists attackers were killed, said a district official on Tuesday. A senior official, introducing himself as Shadi Khan, said about two dozen terrorists insurgents attacked a police post killing one soldier. As the fight continued, the policemen called support and in the ensuing fight, five terrorists militants were killed while the rest managed to run away flee taking advantage of the dark in the night.
Meanwhile, the US military issued a press release on Tuesday in which they claimed killing three terrorists militants in a missile attack in another southern province named Helmand. The statement said the terrorists insurgents were holding a meeting. The US jet fired two AGM-114 Hellfire missiles and dropped one bomb on them killing three Taliban terrorists fighters.
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Identity of the dead terrorists militants is unknown. However, the statement said the terrorists people killed were involved in carrying out and financing terrorist activities in the war-ravaged. Spokesman for the coalition's Combined Joint Task Force - 76 Army Lt Col Paul Fitzpatrick said: "Afghan and coalition forces will continue to pursue those who stand in the way of the government of Afghanistan's objectives." The statement said no civilian casualties were reported from the Monday attack that was carried out in the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah. |