Fierce fighting in Afghanistan

[dArKeR]

Qalat, Afghanistan — Afghan soldiers were waging a fierce ground battle with entrenched Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan after a night of heavy U.S. bombing that left many Taliban fighters dead, an Afghan intelligence chief said Friday.

U.S. warplane began bombing two suspected Taliban positions in the Chinaran and Larzab mountains of Dai Chupan district in southern Zabul province, late Thursday, provincial intelligence chief Khalil Hotak told The Associated Press.

The bombing ended at about 4 a.m., local time, and some 500 local Afghan soldiers moved in on the Taliban fighters — who had taken up fortified positions in a deep mountain gorge and along a stream that runs through the area, Mr. Hotak said in a command centre set up in Qalat, about 70 kilometres south of the fighting.

http://theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030829.wafghan0829/BNStory/International/

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[bowens43]

1. Afghanistan?

I thought we won that war...........

[w13rd0]

2. Gee...

...I was under the impression that "major military operations" were over in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Gee, did Bush lie to me again?

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. Believe it or not

Afghanistan has had even more action in the last month than Iraq. This is the 3rd or 4th major battle in less than 2 weeks. Amazing, that the Corporate Controlled News hardly even notices.

Hey guys, come look, there's a war over here.

[xchrom]

4. well said

and we aren't doing anything to keep people from going to the taliban -- since it begins to become awar against occupyers.

[mike_c]

5. Afghanistan is just so 2002....

eom

[gratuitous]

6. Don't worry about Afghanistan

As soon as we get some relief troops over there from . . . uh, from Iraq, everything will be right as rain! After all, Iraq's practically a carbon copy of the U.S. now, isn't it? After the cake walk and all, you know.

[newyorican]

7. Pravda:Talibs Report Success

Talibs are becoming very active in Afghanistan again. According to news reports from Afghanistan, several clashes between governmental troops and Taliban guerrillas have happened in the country over recent several days. Yet, it is absolutely impossible to try to understand, who is winning and who is losing. Apparently, the two feuding sides are competing in the art of the propaganda war.

On Monday, officials of the Afghan government said, up to 50 Talibs had been destroyed as a result of the joint operation conducted by governmental troops and the American contingent in the south of Afghanistan. "The deaths were the result of heavy bombing by U.S. forces and ground attacks by government forces. We have seen 40 to 50 dead bodies," spokesman for the Afghan government Hamdullah Watandoost said in a statement. It is not clear, how many of them were killed indeed and whether they were Taliban fighters at all.

Hardly had governmental troops reported the success, when Taliban guerrillas (if one may say so) struck back. ITAR-TASS news agency reported with reference to the Pakistani newspaper The News, a spokesman for the Taliban movement had released a statement about a successful operation against American troops in northern Faryab province, which borders on Turkmenistan. Three vehicles were shot with grenade launchers and automatic fire on the highway between Maimana, the provincial capital of Faryab, and the town of Almar. Eleven American military men were allegedly killed in the battle, as well as two soldiers of the Afghan government forces, who were accompanying the column. Three Taliban guerrillas were reportedly wounded.

http://english.pravda.ru/world/20/91/366/10764_taliban.html

[Bandit]

8. Sounds like it's time to invade Syria and/or Iran

The Defense contracters are going to need some more work so we need to shoot up some more munitions. Afghanistan is a "Civil War" now, we need one with US troops.