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US forces kill 32 Taliban in Kandahar, retake district
* Afghan killed, driver wounded in attack on electoral vehicle
* Three US troops and an Afghan soldier wounded in bomb blasts
KANDAHAR: Hundreds of Afghan police, backed by US air strikes, retook control of a district capital that was overrun by the Taliban last week, killing 32 fleeing guerrillas and capturing at least 15, police said.
The Taliban insurgents took Mian Nishin district of Kandahar province last week, capturing 30 police officers and a district chief in an embarrassment to the provincial government.
They executed eight policemen, including the district police chief, before announcing the release of the remaining 23 people. Before dawn on Tuesday, about 400 police officers advanced on the district capital and the guerrillas fled, said Salim Khan, the deputy provincial police chief.
“We chased the Taliban to an area 10 km north,” he told Reuters. “We found them in a village called Murghai and as a result of the clashes there, 11 Taliban were killed and 15 suspects were arrested.”
Khan said the 11 were killed by the police, while another 21 who had taken refuge in a nearby village were killed by US air strikes to support the operation. He gave no details on whether there were government casualties. A spokesman for the US military said he had no immediate information on the operation.
Meanwhile, suspected Taliban rebels attacked a vehicle in Maiwand district of Kandahar province on Tuesday, killing the husband of a woman working on the country’s upcoming legislative polls, and injuring the driver. The incident was the second fatal attack this month linked to September’s parliamentary vote. agencies
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US forces kill 32 Taliban in Kandahar, retake district
* Afghan killed, driver wounded in attack on electoral vehicle
* Three US troops and an Afghan soldier wounded in bomb blasts
KANDAHAR: Hundreds of Afghan police, backed by US air strikes, retook control of a district capital that was overrun by the Taliban last week, killing 32 fleeing guerrillas and capturing at least 15, police said.
The Taliban insurgents took Mian Nishin district of Kandahar province last week, capturing 30 police officers and a district chief in an embarrassment to the provincial government.
They executed eight policemen, including the district police chief, before announcing the release of the remaining 23 people. Before dawn on Tuesday, about 400 police officers advanced on the district capital and the guerrillas fled, said Salim Khan, the deputy provincial police chief.
“We chased the Taliban to an area 10 km north,” he told Reuters. “We found them in a village called Murghai and as a result of the clashes there, 11 Taliban were killed and 15 suspects were arrested.”
Khan said the 11 were killed by the police, while another 21 who had taken refuge in a nearby village were killed by US air strikes to support the operation. He gave no details on whether there were government casualties. A spokesman for the US military said he had no immediate information on the operation.
Meanwhile, suspected Taliban rebels attacked a vehicle in Maiwand district of Kandahar province on Tuesday, killing the husband of a woman working on the country’s upcoming legislative polls, and injuring the driver. The incident was the second fatal attack this month linked to September’s parliamentary vote. agencies
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default...-6-2005_pg7_38
A good sign indeed.
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