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35 Taliban militants killed in 'clean-up': Afghan commander KABUL (AFP) - 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. Ghulam Mangal, the provincial governor's spokesman, said the operation was to "provide ground for the upcoming election and voter registration". Afghanistan is to hold presidential elections in 2009. "We will extend it to other districts in Helmand where Taliban have a presence," the spokesman added. "Afghan security forces will also prevent poppy cultivation from the areas that have been cleaned." Helmand sees some of the worst of the Taliban's insurgency and most of its districts are said to be under the control of the rebels. The province is also Afghanistan's primary opium-growing region. The Taliban, who were in power from 1996 to late 2001, have waged a bloody insurgency against Afghan and international forces under NATO and US command. The rising insurgency has claimed thousands of lives and has hindered the internationally backed post-Taliban reconstruction of Afghanistan. Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever [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/
