Reuters: Scores of Taliban, 3 Canadians killed in Afghan battle

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Scores of Taliban, 3 Canadians killed in Afghan battle

Sep 3, 2006 — By Sayed Salahuddin

KABUL (Reuters) - Three Canadian soldiers serving with NATO forces have been
killed during a major offensive that wiped out scores of Taliban fighters
in southern Afghanistan, an Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman said on Sunday.

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Hundreds of troops, backed by warplanes and helicopter gunships, were involved
in the offensive on the area, southwest of Kandahar city, that has been a center
of Taliban resistance.

"The reports we have received from the battle ground says 89 Taliban have been
killed since yesterday," Defense Ministry spokesman Zahir Azimi said.

"Three Canadian soldiers have been killed and six wounded in the fighting," he added.

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