"Taliban driven out of south Afghan district"
Afghan and NATO-led forces cleared out Taliban militants from the suburbs of Kandahar city, killing or wounding hundreds of insurgents, the governor said.
Thursday, 19.06.2008.
10:12
Afghan and NATO-led forces cleared out Taliban militants from the suburbs of Kandahar city, killing or wounding hundreds of insurgents, the governor said. "The Taliban have been cleared totally from Arghandab district," Assadullah Khalid told a news conference in Kandahar city. "Taliban driven out of south Afghan district" "They have suffered hundreds of dead and wounded and many of their casualties are Pakistanis," he said, adding that troops were searching the area for militants who could be hiding in villagers' houses. Earlier on Thursday, NATO and Afghan forces attacked Taliban militants dug in around the district of orchards and farms on the outskirts of the city for the second day, in one of the biggest battles in Afghanistan in recent years. The offensive, which NATO said it expected to last until the weekend, is aimed at an estimated 600 Taliban fighters who have dug in at the Arghandab valley northwest of Kandahar, and comes days after the Taliban freed hundreds of their comrades from the main jail in Kandahar city. About 800 Afghan government troops, backed by hundreds of mainly Canadian NATO soldiers, are fighting the Taliban insurgents who seized seven villages in the district on Monday. On Wednesday, NATO helicopter gunships and troops had blasted Taliban positions in the valley. Many of the militants are believed to have escaped from jail in Kandahar city last week. NATO spokesmen were not immediately available for comment. Earlier, a NATO spokesman could not confirm Afghan government accounts that dozens of militants had been killed. On Wednesday, NATO general Major-General Marc Lessard, commander of NATO forces in southern Afghanistan, said the infiltration of hundreds of Taliban militants was a tactical success for them and a setback for NATO. "There are setbacks ... the prison breakout and the Arghandab operation, and there will be setbacks in the future," Lessard told Reuters in an interview. "They've definitely managed to achieve some kind of tactical success, there's no doubt there," he said.
"Taliban driven out of south Afghan district"
"They have suffered hundreds of dead and wounded and many of their casualties are Pakistanis," he said, adding that troops were searching the area for militants who could be hiding in villagers' houses.Earlier on Thursday, NATO and Afghan forces attacked Taliban militants dug in around the district of orchards and farms on the outskirts of the city for the second day, in one of the biggest battles in Afghanistan in recent years.
The offensive, which NATO said it expected to last until the weekend, is aimed at an estimated 600 Taliban fighters who have dug in at the Arghandab valley northwest of Kandahar, and comes days after the Taliban freed hundreds of their comrades from the main jail in Kandahar city.
About 800 Afghan government troops, backed by hundreds of mainly Canadian NATO soldiers, are fighting the Taliban insurgents who seized seven villages in the district on Monday.
On Wednesday, NATO helicopter gunships and troops had blasted Taliban positions in the valley. Many of the militants are believed to have escaped from jail in Kandahar city last week.
NATO spokesmen were not immediately available for comment.
Earlier, a NATO spokesman could not confirm Afghan government accounts that dozens of militants had been killed.
On Wednesday, NATO general Major-General Marc Lessard, commander of NATO forces in southern Afghanistan, said the infiltration of hundreds of Taliban militants was a tactical success for them and a setback for NATO.
"There are setbacks ... the prison breakout and the Arghandab operation, and there will be setbacks in the future," Lessard told Reuters in an interview.
"They've definitely managed to achieve some kind of tactical success, there's no doubt there," he said.
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