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Afghanistan
Operation kills, wounds 100 Taleban: Afghan police
2007-11-18
More follow-up on the story we've been following this past week.
KANDAHAR - An operation involving Afghan and Canadian soldiers in southern Afghanistan has killed or wounded around 100 Taleban, the provinceÂ’s police chief said on Sunday. The operation, which was launched Saturday in Kandahar province, has also cost the lives of two Canadian soldiers and their interpreter, as well as an Afghan soldier, in deaths that have already been announced.

“Our information from the area says that 100 Taleban have been killed and wounded,” Kandahar police chief Sayed Agha Saqeb told AFP. “Twenty-five Taleban have been buried in one location.” Air strikes had been called in against the rebels during the fighting in Zahri district, he said.

The police chief had no breakdown for his toll, which could not be checked independently.

A Canadian military spokeswoman, Captain Catherine Larose, confirmed that Canadian troops were involved in raids on Zahri, which is about 30 kilometres (20 miles) west of Kandahar city. The two Canadian men killed Saturday with their interpreter by a bomb were involved in the operation, she said.
Posted by:Steve White

#3  I still think that if we can identify them, we should let slip out the identities of about a third of them, especially when they died in a particularly embarrassing or humiliating manner. Put it out on pirate radio that will broadcast in rural Pakistan.

"These two were shot by a Muslim policeman when he found them engaging in an act of sodomy. Wild dogs ate some of them before the garbage truck arrived to take their remains for burial."
Posted by: Anonymoose   2007-11-18 20:17  

#2  A nice escort to the afterlife, if the police chief's numbers reflect Western vs. regional counting methods.
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-11-18 15:04  

#1  Three digits good, two digits bad.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-11-18 01:58  

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