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Afghanistan
89 Taliban Killed
2006-09-03
If they fight they die.
NATO says dozens of Afghan insurgents have been killed in an operation by Afghan and NATO forces against Taliban fighters. Officials say the goal was to clear out those fighters from an area near the main southern city of Kandahar.

An Afghan defense official cites intelligence reports as saying 89 suspected Taliban militants died during two days of fighting. He says an unknown number of civilians were also killed.

NATO says its troops reported dozens of insurgents killed during fighting yesterday, the first day of the operation. It says many more were wounded, and a significant number were arrested. NATO, contradicting the Afghan report, says there were no reports of civilian casualties. And it says it can't yet confirm reports of casualties among NATO forces. The operation continues today.
Posted by:Anonymoose

#8  Heh heh.. guess those "company sized" attacks aren't going too well.

ISI should have kept the squad level attacks.

Target rich environment. Send in the B-52s
Posted by: john   2006-09-03 16:48  

#7  As long as the border isn't closed, more will simply appear from Pakistan. It is like Vietnam in that respect.
Posted by: gromky   2006-09-03 15:02  

#6  It's that dreaded Tali-bunny Back To School Offensive again.

Doom
Posted by: RD stringer for al-Reuters   2006-09-03 14:24  

#5  "hundreds" is better.
Posted by: Frank G   2006-09-03 14:09  

#4  Atta' boy NATO, gold star on your fore head for the week. Ridding the world of parasitic carbon blobs is good sh*t. Bravo Zulu lads.
Posted by: Broadhead6   2006-09-03 13:42  

#3  It's a start....
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2006-09-03 13:41  

#2  AP says "hundreds" of Taliban reported killed.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060903/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan
Posted by: Apostate   2006-09-03 13:35  

#1  This is the kind of kill ratio we like to see ! Taggem' & baggem' asap. The more of these asswipes we can cut down, the better the world is.
Posted by: SOP35/Rat   2006-09-03 13:18  

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