Coalition forces kill 5 Taliban militants in central Afghanistan
13/10/2008 17:11
The US-led Coalition forces yesterday eliminated five armed Taliban
militants in central Afghan province of Ghazni, said a Coalition statement
released in Kabul today.
The operation in Andar district of Ghazni targeted a
known Taliban militant believed to have been in contact with foreign fighter
facilitators intended to destabilize the region, the statement
said.
"Coalition forces engaged the armed militants, killing them and the
targeted Taliban militant was among those killed," it said.
"A search of the
area found five AK-47s, multiple hand grenades and military style clothing," it
added.
Taliban insurgents, who recently vowed to intensified their assaults
against interests of Afghan government and international troops before the
coming winter, have yet to make any comment.
Spiraling conflicts and
Taliban-linked insurgency have left more than 4,500 people mostly insurgents so
far this year in Afghanistan.
Xinhua
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