 A firefight between Afghan soldiers and suspected Taliban left eight militants dead in a remote mountain region of southern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said.
| Hurrah! Good shootin', Mahmoud! |
Eleven other Taliban fighters were captured in the fighting in Zabul province, including Chechens and Arabs, said a spokesman for the governor.
| Even better. But if they included Chechens and Arabs they're al-Qaeda, not Taliban. Taliban are Pakistanis, almost all of them. |
The spokesman, Ali Khel, said the US military provided air support for the Afghan forces, and that some of the captured militants were turned over to US custody. He said a local Taliban commander named Mulla Abdullah may have been among those killed, but that there was no confirmation of his death.
"Is he dead, Bones?"
"I can't confirm that, Jim."
"Damn." |
Afghan soldiers also killed two Taliban members and captured three others, including a senior commander Mulla Noor, during a gunfight in Uruzgan's Charchino district which left three soldiers injured, officials said on Monday. |