KABUL -US-led soldiers and warplanes killed 12 Taliban militants who ambushed coalition forces in mountainous eastern Afghanistan, a US military spokesman said on Wednesday. Two US soldiers and an Afghan soldier were wounded in TuesdayÂ’s battle in the remote province of Nuristan which borders Pakistan, Colonel Tom Collins told a press conference in Kabul.
“There was a significant coalition engagement yesterday in Nuristan, in which enemy extremists attacked our forces with rockets and rifle fire,” Collins said. “Through the actions of our forces on the ground and the use of air support we killed 12 enemy extremists,” Collins said. | "Keep firing Ahmed, we've got the infidels pinned......KABOOM! .....down." |
He gave no further details about the wounded soldiers.
Nuristan is one of the provinces where Taliban-led militants are most active. It is a wooded mountainous area where they find it easy to hide. |