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2006-04-15 Afghanistan

US-Led Troops Mount Airstrikes on Taleban Hide-Outs, 6 Killed

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Posted by Fred 2006-04-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

AP now reports:
41 Taliban Killed in Intense Fighting
By RAHIM FAIEZ, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 54 minutes ago

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Afghan security forces backed by coalition helicopters attacked a suspected Taliban hideout in southern Afghanistan, setting off an intense gunbattle that killed 41 rebels, a provincial governor said Saturday.
Six Afghan police officers also died in Friday's fighting in Sangisar, a town 25 miles southwest of Kandahar, said Asadullah Khalid, the provincial governor. Nine police and several militants were wounded.

"Acting on intelligence reports that Taliban have gathered in Sangisar to plan an attack in Kandahar, we launched this operation Friday and the fighting continued from morning to evening," he said.

Khalid said security forces were pursuing Taliban fighters who fled to a nearby village. He said security forces had seen the bodies of 41 rebels but had only retrieved 11.

AH-64 Apache helicopters provided by coalition forces fired rockets to support Afghan forces on the ground, said U.S. military spokesman Lt. Mike Cody. He declined to comment on casualty figures.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-04-15 11:53|| 2006-04-15 11:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Our tax dollars at work! How appropriate today!

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2006-04-15 14:04|| 2006-04-15 14:04|| Front Page Top

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