http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=77833 More than 30 Taliban killed in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) - More than 30 rebel fighters were killed in southern Afghanistan early Sunday, a police chief said, as the NATO force announced it had killed "a significant number" of Taliban leaders. The 30 rebels were killed in a military sweep involving foreign forces in the southern province of Ghazni, provincial police commander Alishah Ahmadzai told AFP. "We have seen the bodies on the battlefield," he said. His toll could not be independently verified. NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and the separate US-led coalition said they did not have information about the operation. Eleven other rebels were captured and 18 wounded in the sweep which moved through villages along a key highway in the province, Ahmadzai said. Taliban spokesman Yousuf Ahmadi confirmed there had been a military operation in the area and said it involved the use of air power. His death toll was much lower. ISAF announced separately that "a significant number of Taliban extremist leaders were successfully targeted and killed in a precision air strike last night in southern Afghanistan." The men were gathered in a remote area, it said in a statement. "Initial assessments indicate all of those who died were enemy insurgents." It would not give the location of the strike or identify the "rebel leaders" targeted. "Combined with the recent demise of Mullah Dadullah, this strike will, in the short term, push the enemy into confusion and disarray," ISAF spokesman Major John Thomas said. Dadullah, the Taliban's top military strategist, was killed in a foreign and Afghan operation on May 11. [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: osint@yahoogroups.com 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.shtml Yahoo! 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/
