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Forty rebels killed in Afghan violence >From correspondents in Kabul July 30, 2008 05:49am Article from: Agence France-Presse Font size: <http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24100281-38197,00.html> + <http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24100281-38197,00.html> - Send this article: <http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24100281-38197,00.html> Print <http://www.news.com.au/email/popup/0,23605,24100281-38197,00.html> Email ABOUT 40 militants were killed in separate incidents in troubled parts of Afghanistan in operations by Afghan forces with the support of international military air power, officials said today. US-led coalition forces bombed a Taliban gathering in Giro district in central Ghazni province overnight, killing 22 militants and wounding another eight, provincial spokesman Ismail Jahangir said. The coalition confirmed the operation but only said "several militants" were killed. Two other rebels were slain in a firefight with Afghan soldiers elsewhere the same day, Mr Jahangir said. Separately, 10 Taliban, including a local commander, were killed today in another Ghazni district in an operation carried out by the Afghan army, police and coalition forces, district police chief Faiz Mohammad Tophan said. Ghazni, which lies on the road between Kabul and the southern city of Kandahar, has experienced a surge in Taliban-linked unrest in the past year amid rising violence in other parts of the wartorn country. Taliban militants ambushed an Afghan army convoy in Kandahar province yesterday, sparking a battle in which the coalition provided air support for Afghan ground forces, the defence ministry said. "More than 10 terrorists were killed and wounded in the incident," the ministry said. A bomb blast in the southern town of Lashkar Gah killed two Afghan soldiers yesterday, the ministry said, while in Helmand province, a Taliban ambush of army vehicles left five militants slain or wounded. The violence - part of a steady stream of attacks that make up the Taliban insurgency - was mostly in remote areas and it was difficult to confirm the information. The Islamic Taliban militia was in government between 1996 and 2001. They are leading an insurgency against the Afghan government, which is backed by about 70,000 international troops. More than 1100 Afghan policemen have died in the insurgency over the past year, the interior ministry said today. It could not provide comparable data for previous years. Meanwhile, Afghanistan's intelligence agency has detained a journalist after President Hamid Karzai's cabinet ordered him to be "legally pursued" for alleged criticism of top officials, his employer said today. Nasir Fayaz, who hosts a TV program called Haqiqat (The Truth) on private Ariana TV, was detained yesterday, a day after the airing of part of his show critical of two of Mr Karzai's ministers, his news editor said. The program was pulled mid-broadcast on the demand of the intelligence agency, which had called the station, said the head of Ariana TV's news desk, Abdul Qadir Mirzai. The journalist was summoned yesterday to the offices of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), Mr Mirzai said. "Later I received a SMS from him saying, 'I'm in custody'. Since then we have not heard from him." The NDS would not comment. The show was discussed yesterday at the regular cabinet meeting, where the reporter was accused of "insulting" top government officials, according to a summary released to the media. "Some of the ... media have been targeting national figures including ministers and famous persons through baseless accusations and insults," the summary said. "One such accusation was made by Ariana's Haqiqat program against members of the cabinet," it said. "During the cabinet meeting, it was agreed that the mentioned person (Fayaz) be referred to the attorney general's office and be legally pursued." It did not give details of the accusations but an official requesting anonymity said the reporter had accused Commerce Minister Mohammad Amin Farhang and Water and Energy Minister Mohammad Ismail Khan of being "thieves". Mr Khan had meanwhile alleged that the reporter asked for full-time power at his home, a demand refused by the minister, according to the summary. "Because his demand to supply 24-hours power for his home was refused by the minister..., he insulted him in Haqiqat," it alleged. 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