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Ten 'Taliban' killed: official
TEN suspected Taliban fighters were killed in a clash with local security forces in south-east Afghanistan's Zabul province, governor Hameedullah Tokhi said. "Yesterday at 11am Taliban attacked Daychopan district and up to now the fighting is still going on," he told AFP by telephone. "Up to yesterday evening 10 Taliban were killed and six injured," he said citing reports from the district chief and local security commanders in Daychopan, 300km south-west of Kabul. There were no reported casualties among the security forces, Tokhi said. No further details of the clash were immediately available, said the governor, who was on his way to the mountainous district to assess the situation. However, he said Daychopan had not been taken under Taliban control "even for one hour".Two soldiers and three Taliban were killed Wednesday when a group of militia fighters attacked a security building in Daychopan, Tokhi had said earlier. The building collapsed in a rocket attack during the fighting between around 20 soldiers and an estimated 80 Taliban fighters.
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-04-27 |
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