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Up to 40 Taliban Guerrillas Are Killed in a Major Defeat
Up to 40 Taliban guerrillas and seven Afghan government soldiers have been killed in the Taliban's worst defeat since it was driven from power by an American-led coalition in 2001. The seven-hour battle took place on Wednesday in southern Afghanistan, about 20 miles northeast of the border town of Spin Boldak, the main crossing point to Pakistan, a senior government official in Spin Boldak, told Reuters today. "We surrounded an entire group of Taliban and killed about 40 of them after heavy fighting," the official, Syed Fazal Din Agha, said. Troops were sent in after the guerrillas attacked the district commissioner's office in the Loi Karez area. Seven soldiers were killed, he said. Yep, they got kilt by Afghansoldiers.
Posted by: growler 2003-06-05 |
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