You Can Add 26 More taliban to the Tally

Next time the taliban try to rescue prisoners, I wouldn't be surprised if the prisoners would rather stay in prison then die outside. AFP

KHOST, Afghanistan (AFP) — NATO warplanes and Afghan forces killed 26 militants, while two NATO soldiers died in separate attacks, officials said Tuesday.

The violence made June one of the bloodiest months so far in an insurgency launched by Taliban rebels after its ouster from government by US-led forces in 2001.

Several foreign militants were among the dead after the air strike early Tuesday by the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in the eastern province of Paktia, near the border with Pakistan, officials said.

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Insurgents opened fire on the headquarters of the province's Sayed Karam district but were driven away after a gunbattle which caused slight damage to the building, provincial government spokesman Rohullah Samoon said.

"NATO helicopters then bombed the militants and killed 14 militants on the spot. Our policemen arrested another four wounded, and one of the wounded also died in hospital," Samoon told AFP.

Many of those killed were Pakistanis, Samoon said, adding that the wounded rebels were from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.

All of our allies seem to be fighting for the wrong side. What gives?