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30 Taliban Killed, 15 Injured In Farah Province: Police
KABUL: Dozens of Taliban fighters were killed in US air strikes and a gunbattle in western Afghanistan after an turban attack on an Afghan army patrol, NATO...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... and Afghan officials said on Friday. A front man of the International Security Assistance Force said the patrol came under attack in Gulistan district in western Farah province on Wednesday, prompting a call for air support. "Numerous Islamic fascisti were killed, and several  cycle of violences were damaged or destroyed" following two strikes by coalition aircraft, he said. Abdul Raoof Ahmadi, a police front man in western Afghanistan, said 30 Taliban were killed and another 15 maimed in the fighting in the remote area. Officials have warned of a hard summer ahead as the fighting season resumes and Afghan national forces assume responsibility of security in more parts of the country from NATO combat forces set to leave by the end of 2014. Taliban are active in parts of Farah including Gulistan, which falls on a desert highway connecting both Kabul and Kandahar to the western city of Heart. Muhammad Yunus Rasouli, the deputy governor for Farah, said five vehicles of the Afghan national army came under attack when they were crossing Gulistan and three soldiers were burnt inside the vehicle. Posted by: trailing wife 2012-03-31 |
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