45 Afghanis Killed by NATO-Led Forces in Qandahar and Helmand Attacks

45 Afghanis Killed by NATO-Led Forces in Qandahar and Helmand Attacks

Editor's Note:

Previous NATO and government initial accounts claiming the killing of Taliban fighters turned to be inaccurate, as many of those killed turned to be Afghani civilians.

Ten killed in Kandahar attack: Afghan govt

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan

(AFP), April 1, 2009 –

Seven civilians and three policemen were killed in a suicide and gun attack on the provincial council in Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar on Wednesday, the government said.

Four of the (Taliban) attackers were also killed, it said.

"The enemies of the country, carrying out two suicide attacks at the Kandahar provincial council, martyred 10 innocent countrymen," the interior ministry said in a statement, updating earlier death tolls.

The first blast occurred at the gate of the council and the second inside the yard, it said. The blasts killed two of the attackers and police shot dead the remaining two, it said.

"In the mentioned attack, three police and seven civilian people have been martyred," it said.

Police: 31 alleged Taliban fighters killed in Afghan fight

2009-04-01 17:37:24

KABUL, April 1 (Xinhua) --

Afghan police backed by international troops killed 31 alleged Taliban fighters including one commander in Afghan restive province of Helmand on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.

"In a joint operation of Afghan police and international troops in Kajaki district of Helmand province, one enemy commander along with his 30 fellows were killed and 20 others sustained injures," according to the ministry's press release.

The operation came one day after Afghan and NATO troops killed 30 Taliban fighters, including a well- known insurgent member Mullah Mohammad Yaqub, in Uruzgan province.

"Mullah Mohammad Yaqub along with 29 other Taliban fighters was killed and over 17 others sustained injures in an operation which was launched in Deh Rawod district on Monday," the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday.

Conflicts and Taliban resistance to the NATO occupation of Afghanistan, which claimed the lives of over 5,000 people including 2,000 Afghan civilians in 2008, is expected to go up this year.

The U.S. is sending 21,000 additional forces to the war-torn country in an attempt to contain this country's increasing insurgency.

Editor: Wang Yan

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