KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – NATO says it has killed
more than 10 insurgents and captured two others
in an operation targeting a leader in north
.
The coalition said in a statement Monday that its
forces, along with their Afghan counterparts,
were searching for a Taliban leader who was the
district leader of Khanabad in Kunduz province.
The coalition says he is linked to Taliban leaders in
and is involved in aiding the insurgents
with roadside bombs and weapons.
NATO said troops attempted to draw the
occupants out of the compound where the man
was believed to be. When that failed, they entered
the compound, a gunbattle ensured, and several
insurgents were killed.
Kunduz police chief Abdul Rahman Sayedhkaili
said 13 people were killed.
SOURCE: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/01/10/nato-kills-insurgents-afghanistan/
more than 10 insurgents and captured two others
in an operation targeting a leader in north
.
The coalition said in a statement Monday that its
forces, along with their Afghan counterparts,
were searching for a Taliban leader who was the
district leader of Khanabad in Kunduz province.
The coalition says he is linked to Taliban leaders in
and is involved in aiding the insurgents
with roadside bombs and weapons.
NATO said troops attempted to draw the
occupants out of the compound where the man
was believed to be. When that failed, they entered
the compound, a gunbattle ensured, and several
insurgents were killed.
Kunduz police chief Abdul Rahman Sayedhkaili
said 13 people were killed.
SOURCE: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/01/10/nato-kills-insurgents-afghanistan/
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