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US: 45 Taliban killed in Afghan clash
(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-09-13 19:24
KABUL, Afghanistan - Airstrikes and Afghan army gunfire killed more than
45 suspected Taliban fighters in a clash in a southern province just as
the holy month of Ramadan began, the US-led coalition said.
An Afghan man makes sweets at a market on the first day of Ramadan in
Kabul. Most of the world's 1.2 billion Muslims celebrated the start of
the holy month of Ramadan. [AFP]
The battle in the southern province of Uruzgan on Wednesday began when
insurgents attacked a joint Afghan army and US-led coalition patrol with
rocket-propelled grenades and gunfire, the coalition said in a statement
late Wednesday.
Afghan soldiers "cleared" Taliban fighters from firing positions within
the village of Aduzay, while attack aircraft destroyed some fighting
positions, it said.
NATO's International Security Assistance Force on Wednesday said
insurgents increased attacks during Ramadan last year and that they could
do the same this year.
"On the eve of the holy month of Ramadan, the enemies of Afghanistan have
shown they will shun peaceful coexistence in favor of attacking
government forces," said Army Maj. Chris Belcher, a coalition spokesman.
"Fortunately for the citizens of Afghanistan, the ANA (Afghan National
Army) is improving their tactics."
The coalition said no Afghan or coalition soldiers or civilians were
wounded or killed.
Fighting has increased dramatically in the last several weeks in
Afghanistan, with more than 300 suspected Taliban fighters killed since
late August, according to the US-led coalition.
More than 4,300 people - mostly militants - have died in insurgency
related violence this year, according to an Associated Press count based
on figures from Western and Afghan officials.
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