12 Taliban killed in clashes, airstrikes in southern AfghanistanAugust 11th, 2009 12 Taliban killed in Afghan clashKABUL — Insurgents killed a NATO soldier during a firefight in eastern Afghanistan, bringing the death toll among foreign troops this month to at least 24, officials said Tuesday. Clashes and airstrikes in the south killed a dozen Taliban fighters, officials said.
12 Taliban fighters killed in clashes, airstrikes in southern AfghanistanAugust 11th, 2009 12 Taliban fighters killed in Afghan clashKABUL — An Afghan official says clashes and airstrikes in southern Afghanistan have killed a dozen Taliban fighters. Wazir Khan says the militants were killed late Monday inside a compound in an area bordering Ghazni and Zabul provinces.
19 suspected militants killed in clashes in southern AfghanistanJuly 11th, 2009 19 militants killed in Afghan clashesKABUL — Afghan police and coalition forces killed 19 suspected militants in two separate clashes in southern Afghanistan, while four Afghan guards were killed near the capital, officials said Saturday. The militants died in two clashes in Uruzgan's Charchino district Friday, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
Dozens killed in clashes, attacks in AfghanistanJune 30th, 2009 KABUL - More than two dozen Taliban and three police officers were killed in a clash in northern Afghanistan and a suicide bombing and US-led coalition airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday. Officials in the Baghlan province said a clash that lasted several hours late Monday in the Baghlan-e-Markazi district inflicted heavy casualties on the Taliban.
23 suspected Taliban killed in airstrikes, clashes in southern AfghanistanJune 24th, 2009 23 Taliban killed in southern AfghanistanKANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Afghan and coalition forces killed 23 suspected Taliban fighters in a clash in southern Afghanistan, an Afghan army general said Wednesday. The authorities recovered the bodies and the militants' weapons after the fighting Tuesday near Tirin Kot, the capital of southern Uruzgan province, said Gen.
19 Taliban militants killed in AfghanistanJune 14th, 2009 KABUL - Afghan security forces backed by US-led coalition forces killed 19 Taliban militants in Paktika province of eastern Afghanistan, an official said Saturday. "The operation, began Friday morning, left 19 militants dead so far including their commander Mohibullha," spokesman of provincial administration Hamidullah Zuwak said.
Battles, ambushes kill around 30 in AfghanistanJune 7th, 2009 Battles, ambushes kill around 30 in AfghanistanKABUL — A joint Afghan and U.S.-led coalition operation against insurgents in southern Afghanistan killed more than 20 Taliban fighters Sunday, while a militant ambush in the northwest killed four policemen, officials said. The joint operation in Zabul province included ground forces and airstrikes.
US coalition: 35 militants killed, 13 wounded in southern AfghanistanMay 29th, 2009 US: 35 militants killed, 13 wounded in AfghanistanKABUL — U.S.-led coalition forces killed 35 militants and wounded 13 others during a clash in southern Afghanistan, where insurgents killed eight truck drivers ferrying supplies for foreign troops, officials said Friday. Violence is escalating in Afghanistan as additional U.S.
35 militants killed in AfghanistanMay 28th, 2009 KABUL - Air strikes by US-led coalition forces killed 35 Taliban militants in eastern Afghanistan's Paktika province Thursday, an official said.
"US-led coalition forces pounded Taliban hideouts in Walmama district Wednesday night leaving 35 militants dead," said Hamidullah Zhwak, spokesman of the provincial administration.
2 Afghan children killed by bicycle bomb in marketMay 3rd, 2009 2 Afghan children killed by bomb on bicycleKABUL — A bomb placed on a bicycle in a busy market killed four people Sunday, including two children, while American fighter aircraft and ground forces killed 19 militants near the Pakistan border, officials said. The bicycle bomb went off in Gereshk district of southern Helmand province.
US says 2 militants killed in raid in central AfghanistanApril 23rd, 2009 US: 2 militants killed in Afghan raidKABUL — International and Afghan troops killed two militants in an overnight raid in central Afghanistan, U.S. forces said Thursday.
Four rebels killed in AfghanistanApril 12th, 2009 KABUL - Four suspected insurgents were killed in Afghanistan's Zabul province by Afghan forces backed by the US-led Coalition troops, authorities said Sunday. 'Afghan National Army Security Forces and Coalition Forces killed four armed militants in Shinkay district of Zabul Province on Saturday after they came under attack,' a press release said.
Coalition airstrike kills 20 Taliban militants in AfghanistanApril 2nd, 2009 KABUL - Twenty suspected Taliban militants were killed in an airstrike carried out by the US-led coalition forces in southern Afghanistan, officials said in a statement Thursday. The airstrike was prompted after Taliban militants attacked Afghan and international troops in southern Afghanistan.
NATO forces attacked, militants killed in AfghanistanMarch 2nd, 2009 KABUL - An Afghan child was killed and five civilians were wounded when a suicide bomber targeted a convoy of NATO forces in eastern Afghanistan, while eight militants were killed in two clashes elsewhere in the country, officials said Sunday. The bomber detonated his explosives-laden vehicle near a convoy of NATO forces outside of Nangahar provincial capital Sunday, wounding six people including three children, Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, spokesman for the provincial governor said.
US military claims 22 suspected rebels killed in AfghanistanJanuary 19th, 2009 KABUL - US-led coalition forces killed 22 suspected Taliban militants including two of their commanders, and detained 11 others in separate operations in Afghanistan, the military said Tuesday. A Taliban commander and 18 fighters were killed in combat in Tagab district of north-eastern province of Kapisa Monday, the statement said.
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