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Coalition Forces Kill 40 Taliban in Afghan Raid
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces killed more than 40 suspected Taliban militants in raid on a compound in southern Afghanistan on Monday, a coalition spokesman said. One Afghan army soldier was killed and three coalition troops wounded in the fighting near Tarin Kot, the capital of Uruzgan province, 110 miles north of Kandahar, said Sgt. Chris Miller.The coalition soldiers were in stable condition, he said, declining to give their identities or nationalities. It wasn't immediately clear if there had been airstrikes and if the coalition had recovered the bodies of the dead militants. The fighting follows heavy clashes in neighboring Kandahar province over the weekend that killed at least 19 militants and a Canadian coalition soldier. On Sunday night, suspected Taliban militants ambushed an Afghan army convoy in Shinkay district of southern Zabul province, wounding one soldier. Two militants were arrested after a 20-minute gunbattle and the army was hunting for more rebel fighters, said Mohammed Raziq Khan, the army commander for the province. Also in Shinkay, a roadside bomb seriously wounded two Afghan police late Sunday on the main highway leading to the provincial capital, he said. Posted by: Steve 2006-07-10 |
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