Saturday, February 14, 2009

11 taliban killed when they ambushed Afghan & NATO troops


Happy Valentine's Day! Xinhuanet

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- A clash between Taliban insurgents and Afghan government troops erupted in southern Afghan province of Uruzgan on Thursday, leaving 11 insurgents and one service-member with the international troops dead, officials said on Friday.

Mohammad Gulad, the deputy to provincial police chief, told Xinhua that a group of Taliban rebels ambush the joint patrol of Afghan and international troops in Khash Uruzgan district.

"One Afghan solider and another police were also injured in the combat," he added.

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