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US airstrike kills 20 Taliban
At least 20 suspected Taliban were killed in US air strikes in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, Afghan officials said. The US military in Kabul could not confirm the attacks. If confirmed, the losses would be among the largest suffered in a single battle by the Taliban. In June last year, 40 Taliban and seven Afghan soldiers were reported killed in clashes in the south of Afghanistan, although no U.S. aircraft were involved. Khan Mohammad, a corps commander in the southern city of Kandahar, said Afghan forces had been engaged in fierce clashes with suspected Taliban near the town of Spin Boldak, which lies on the Pakistani border. âThere has been fighting going on between Afghan forces and the Taliban,â he told Reuters. âThey called in US (air) support.â He said 20 Taliban had been killed and that fighting continued. A second Kandahar official, who asked not to be named, said at least 28 Taliban had died. Posted by: Dan Darling 2004-05-26 |
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