Posted on 12/15/2008 4:09:55 AM PST by mdittmar
Thirty-five Taliban fighters have been killed in an operation to "clean up" areas controlled by the militants in a rebel-infested southern Afghan province, a military official said Sunday.
General Muhaidin Ghori, army commander for southern Afghanistan, said the militants had been killed in an ongoing joint NATO and Afghan security forces operation launched on Thursday in Helmand province.
"We cleared Nad Ali district of Taliban presence," the general said, adding the 35 dead Taliban included three rebel commanders.
"There was no casualty for NATO and Afghan forces. Check-points have been set up in the area and we will not leave until government control is fully established," he added.
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Victory in Afghanistan will be attributed to CinC Hussein Obama
Not as far as I'm concerned. Play and replay the videos of the new ‘Mr. “I Hate America” President’ gainsaying the surge and US foreign policy successes in the WOT.
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