20 Taliban killed in southern Afghanistan
KABUL: Twenty Taliban were killed and a number arrested in separate operations involving foreign forces and Afghan troops, police, military commanders and the government said Monday.
The commander of border police in southern Afghanistan, General Saifullah Hakim, said 14 Taliban were killed when more than 60 of them attacked the troops in Shorabak district of Kandahar province at about 10pm on Sunday.
“Fourteen enemies were killed. Three bodies were left at the scene and the rest of them were taken away. Nine (Taliban) were wounded,” he told AFP.
Police claimed the Taliban came from neighbouring Pakistan and retreated back over the border after the attack. In another incident, Afghan National Army senior commander in the south General Shir Mohammad said three Taliban were killed and two arrested in a joint operation in Qala-e-Gal village in Sangin area of Helmand province on Sunday. A third incident saw three Taliban killed in a similar operation on Sunday in Omar Khil village in southern Zabul province, said the Defence Ministry in Kabul in a statement. afp
Home |
National
| 
RSS
| Archives
| Company Financials
| Contact Us
| Wednesday, June 15, 2005
