Posted on 02/14/2007 1:54:29 PM PST by mdittmar
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan Feb 14, 2007 (AP)— A NATO airstrike early Wednesday destroyed a compound housing a Taliban leader blamed for a wave of violence across southern Afghanistan, killing him and at least 10 others, NATO said.
NATO said the slain Taliban chief was linked to an uprising in the nearby town of Musa Qala, which the Taliban overran Feb. 1, and an attack Tuesday against a dam in nearby Kajaki.
"We have removed yet another Taliban enemy leader who will no longer threaten the peace and security of the Afghan people and their future," said Lt. Col. Angela Billings, a spokeswoman for NATO's International Security Assistance Force.
The airstrike, which hit a compound in a small village outside Musa Qala, killed 11 Taliban fighters, NATO said.
Provincial Police Chief Ghulam Nabi Malakhail said nine fighters were killed. Wali Mohammad, a Musa Qala resident, said by telephone that a total of 20 people were killed in the strike. There was no way to independently verify the number at the remote site.
Malakhail said he had no reports of civilian casualties, but Abdul Ali, a tribal elder, said some family members who lived at the compound were also killed. But NATO said there was no evidence that any civilians had died, and that observers saw the bodies of 11 "military-age males" pulled out of the compound, but no women or children.
"ISAF takes allegations of civilian casualties very seriously and we do everything in our power to prevent them. But in this morning's attack, we remain confident that only enemy forces were killed," said spokesman Col. Tom Collins.
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Right in the pickle barrel baby!
Hot dog! GET SOME!
woohoo!! That's my boy...over there getting it done!!!!
God bless all of our wonderful troops!!!
I guess they're not listening to the cut and run democrats who think that standing up to terrorists is worthwhile- kudos to them.
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ALRIGHT!
Tell him Thank-you for me,and thank-you.
I will do that!! Thanks!!! :o)
It is now...
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