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Afghanistan
Afghan Troops Kill 84 Taliban, Capture Leader Mullah Salam
2003-09-06
Afghan forces in the southern province of Zabul captured five fugitive Taliban militants, including an insurgent leader, after a battle that killed scores of rebels, a regional Afghan commander said Saturday.
Another victory for Islam’s army - the Taliban (/sarcasm off LH)
The U.S. military said it could confirm that at least 84 enemy fighters were killed in action.
we found 168 arms, so.......
The main Afghan commander in Zabul province, Haji Saifullah Khan, said his troops patrolling the district of Mizan, 25 miles northwest of the provincial capital, Qalat, captured the Taliban fighters late Friday. The captives included a junior rebel commander identified as Mullah Salam. "Mullah Salam was injured and he was taken away in a U.S. helicopter," Khan said without elaborating.
bye bye! Say hello to Bagram then Gitmoooooo
The fleeing Taliban were retreating from Dai Chopan — the Zabul district that was the scene of some of the heaviest fighting since the U.S.-led coalition ousted the ruling hard-line Islamic militia in late 2001.
run away! run away! victory!
Khan said hundreds of Afghan National Army troops are expected to be deployed in Zabul province next week to maintain security. Meanwhile, U.S. troops remained in Dai Chopan and in eastern Paktika province, bordering Pakistan, searching for Taliban holdouts in an operation dubbed "Mountain Viper." Although Afghan officials claimed victory Wednesday after a nine-day battle in Dai Chopan, the U.S. military said it considers the operations ongoing.
"Any of those pieces belong to Mullah Omar?"
"Uhhh... No."
"Then we ain't done yet."
"Operations since yesterday have focused on combat patrols to enhance security," Col. Rodney Davis said Saturday in a statement from Bagram Air Base. The coalition is giving humanitarian assistance to villagers in the area, he said.
"We're from the coalition. We're here to help... Damn! How'd that mud hut get burned to the ground?"
Afghan military commanders claim they have retrieved the bodies of at least 124 Taliban killed in the fighting in Dai Chopan. The U.S. military said it could confirm that at least 84, and perhaps 95, enemy fighters were killed in action. Two American soldiers died in a firefight in Paktika last week that also killed four suspected insurgents.
Posted by:Frank G

#2  I wonder if the Taliban has a website that lists the total membership so that we can project out how many exactly we have to kill. It would be even better if they updated the tally frequently so that we could see how we're doing at reaching our goal. Hope we don't do to much of the catch and release stuff.
Posted by: Super Hose   2003-9-6 10:17:48 PM  

#1  " Hand, arm, toe, liver....Hey, does anyone need a liver transplant!? "

" No, but if you find a somwehat intact head, I want it! Promised my mom I frame a Tali's head on ground zero! "
Posted by: Charles   2003-9-6 7:12:45 PM  

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