Wednesday, April 29, 2009

10 taliban terrorist scum killed in central Afghanistan


NATO troops killed 10 taliban terrorists and captured 2 when the troops entered a village searching for taliban operatives. Jerusalem Post

International and Afghan troops killed at least 10 insurgents Wednesday in a battle in central Afghanistan, US forces said. [...]

Wednesday's fighting erupted about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of Kabul when a patrol moved into a village in Logar province in the early morning to search out Taliban operatives, the US military said in a statement.

Militants fired on the troops as they approached the targeted compounds. The Afghan and international forces killed two insurgent scouts as they moved forward and at least another eight as they approached the compounds. Two suspected Taliban insurgents were captured.

No Afghan or coalition forces were injured, the military statement said.

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