June 16, 2006
TO FIGHT THEM IS TO KILL THEM:
'Many killed' in Afghan fighting (BBC, 6/16/06)
The US military says coalition and Afghan forces have killed 40 insurgents in an operation in a remote mountain province in south-east Afghanistan.Posted by Orrin Judd at June 16, 2006 7:53 AMThe deaths came during air and ground strikes in Paktika province in an operation on Wednesday and Thursday.
One coalition member was killed in the fighting, a military statement said.
Hundreds of suspected Taleban fighters and militants have been killed in fierce fighting in the past two months, mainly in the south and east.
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And thus the latest summer offensive of the Taliban goes the way of the fearsome Afghan winter.
Posted by: Jim in Chicago at June 16, 2006 10:09 AM