 KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Afghan troops killed 13 suspected Taleban terrorists rebels including two Pakistani nationals on Friday in an operation in southern Afghanistan, a commander said. The terrorists rebels were killed in an army sweep of an area around Tirin Kot city, the capital of restive Uruzgan province which has seen several counter-insurgency operations in the past weeks. “Among the 13 bodies on the site, two are Pakistani terrorists nationals. They have Pakistani ID cards,” General Rahmatullah Raufi, the Afghan army commander for southern Afghanistan, told AFP.
Uruzgan, where 1,400 Dutch troops are deploying to be part of a NATO-led force that is moving into southern Afghanistan, has seen some intense battles in recent weeks. |