Over 100 Afghan soldiers raided a rebel hide out in a remote mountainous region in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, sparking a shootout that left three suspected Taliban dead, an Afghan commander said. Gen. Atta Mohammed, a commander of Afghan special forces, said his soldiers captured a Taliban fighter, though scores of others managed to escape after three hours of fighting in the district of Shah Wali Kot, about 30 miles northeast of Kandahar. He said troops were tracking the fleeing militants by following their footprints. "We hope they will be captured soon," Mohammed told The Associated Press by satellite phone.
Keep after them, boys. |