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Afghan and NATO troops kill 20 Taliban Thu 31 Jul 2008, 6:27 GMT [- <javascript:sizeDown();> ] Text <javascript:resetCurrentsize();> [+ <javascript:sizeUp();> ] GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan and NATO-led troops backed by air power killed more than 20 Taliban insurgents southwest of the capital Kabul, a provincial official said on Thursday. Taliban insurgents have vowed to intensify their attacks on Afghan and foreign troops across the country and launch a wave of suicide and roadside bombs attacks this year to expel international troops and bring down pro-Western government. The latest fighting broke out in the Andar, Ghazni province, after a vehicle belonging to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) hit a roadside bomb that wounded four its soldiers, ISAF and the district governor said. "The aerial bombings by foreign forces during the fighting killed more than 20 insurgents and their dead bodies are still on the battlefield," said Andar district governor Abdur Raheem Desiwal. An ISAF spokesman confirmed the incident and the use of air support, but could not confirm any insurgent casualties. Meanwhile, Afghan troops backed by Western forces killed around 18 Taliban insurgents during an operation in the southern province of Uruzgan on Wednesday, a government official said. Clashes have increased by some 40 percent in the last two months over last year, NATO says -- because of more ISAF and Afghan troop patrols, better weather and also because of more militants crossing the border from Pakistan. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
