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26 Afghani Soldiers, 23 Taliban Fighters Killed in Attacks

ccun.org, June 14, 2009

23 Taliban fighters killed in Afghanistan: US military

Mon Jun 15, 2009, 4:38 am ET

KABUL (AFP) –

The US military along with Afghan security forces backed by war planes killed nearly two dozen (Taliban fighters) in a clash in southern Afghanistan at the weekend, the US side said Monday.

The troops called in air support after (Taliban fighters) attacked their patrol in Uruzgan province on Sunday, US military spokeswoman Captain Elizabeth Mathias told AFP.

"Twenty-three (Taliban fighters) were killed," she said, adding that three coalition soldiers were wounded in the gunfight.

"This was not a planned operation -- they were engaged out on a patrol," she added.

Afghan Interior Minister Mohammad Anif Atmar said Sunday that the number of rebel attacks had increased by about 40 percent in the past week, as compared with the week before.

The week of (war attacks) left 48 civilians, 30 policemen and 176 (Taliban fighters) dead, he told reporters.

US General Stanley McChrystal took command of US- and NATO-led troops in Afghanistan on Monday, tasked with carrying out a new US strategy to bring new impetus to the battle against the insurgents.

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alemarah1.org reported the following news:

1 military vehicle of army blew up in Paktika

police chief killed in Kandahar

6 police killed ,a check posts  captured in Kandahar

1 tank of American invader terrorist  blew up in Wordak

1 helicopter of NATO shot down in Badghis

6 police killed in Zabul

8 army soldiers killed in Zabul

1 tank of Poland invader army blew up in Ghazni

Mortars fired on puppet army base in Nemroz

A commander and 12 Soldiers surrender in Badghis

3 supplying vehicles of Americans,3 military vehicles

1 drone of Americans  shot down in Kandahar

Mortars fired at district headquarter in Logar

 

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