Security forces captured six Taliban fighters in central Afghanistan, while a U.S. helicopter attack left three people wounded, Afghan officials said. Two of the arrested guerrillas in central Uruzgan province were local commanders before a U.S.-led coalition toppled the Taliban in late 2001, provincial Gov. Jan Mohammed Khan said.
Off to Bagram with you two!
The troops also confiscated 40 rocket launchers, four AK-47 rifles and six grenades, Khan said. He identified one of the commanders as Mullah Sharafuddin. The other leader was not named. Khan said nearly 200 Taliban fighters were cowering skulking about hiding in the hills of Uruzgan district.
| That would be Mullah Omar's bodyguard, when he's in town... |
In a separate operation, the American helicopter fired a rocket at a pickup truck carrying civilians in southeastern Afghanistan, injuring at least three people, local authorities said Thursday. The truck was carrying six passengers when it came under fire late Wednesday at the Many Kandow Pass in Urgun district of Paktika province, said Khan Sayed, spokesman for the provincial police. The U.S. military said that the helicopter fired on a truck that was "speeding aggressively toward coalition forces engaged in combat operations" near Gayan. But the military did not report any injuries or deaths.
Missed. Rats. |