 | I think this is the same eight noted in Fred's story tonight, but I'm not sure. Uruzgan province is such a big place and all ... |
KABUL - US aircraft bombed a Taleban position in central Afghanistan killing eight militants in the latest violence in the run-up to a Sept. 18 election, a provincial official said on Wednesday.
US and Afghan troops, acting on intelligence reports that Taleban had set up a base in the mountains of Uruzgan province, were met with a hail of bullets when they went to investigate on Tuesday, provincial governor Jan Mohammad Khan said, adding an air strike was called later. âThe Taleban showed resistance ... the US aircraft bombed the base,â Khan told Reuters.
| "After which the Taleban showed no resistance," Khan added. |
A US military spokeswoman said she had no information about the fighting. A Taleban spokesman confirmed the latest fighting but, speaking by telephone from an undisclosed location, said 12 Afghan government troops and US soldiers had been killed.
| "And don't disclose my location!" |
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