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US, Afghan Forces Arrest Taliban Suspects
US forces and Afghan troops hunting for al Qaeda and Taliban remnants have detained at least 20 armed suspects in southern Afghanistan in the last two days, an Afghan commander said Friday. Afghan Commander Mohammed Hasan told Reuters in the Afghan border town of Spin Boldak that the men were participating in a campaign against the government in the border areas. "They were trying to invite people to participate in Jihad (holy war) against the Americans...," he added. Hasan said a large number of militants belonging to hard-line Islamic groups, including Taliban and al Qaeda, were hiding near the Afghan-Pakistan border. The latest arrests of the 20 suspects took place over the last two days in an operation carried out in different villages near Spin Boldak.What're they doing? Nabbing the bad guys as the come across the border? Or are they picking up the guys who were released from Shebergan in the past couple weeks as soon as they go back to their old habits? In a separate raid in the former Taliban stronghold of Kandahar, two Taliban commanders were arrested, a senior Afghan security official said by telephone from the southern city. He said rocket launchers, explosives and automatic rifles were recovered from them Thursday night. "The two were planning to attack an American base or an Afghan installation," the official said. Bad boys. What're you doing outside of Quetta? Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-01-24 |
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