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September 03, 2006
Better Dead Than Bred! 200 Taliban Fighters Killed In Afganistan
230 Taliban, four ISAF soldiers killed in Kandahar operation
KANDAHAR CITY, September 3 (Pajhwok Afghan News): As many as 230 Taliban fighters have been killed in two days of fierce fighting in Panjwayee and Zherai districts of the southern Kandahar province, a source told Pajhwok Afghan News on Sunday.
The fighters were killed in the operation launched by the NATO and Afghan forces in the two districts, which have been scene to attacks on Afghan and foreign forces over the past few months.
The source, which did not want to be named, said the operation was still going on to eliminate or flush out the miscreants from those areas.
Meanwhile, a military statement release from Kandahar airfield said four ISAF soldiers and more than 200 Taliban fighters had been killed since the beginning of the Operation Medusa early Saturday morning.
This figure was obtained after reviewing information from ISAF surveillance and reconnaissance assets operating in Panjwayee and Zherai districts as well as information reported by various Afghan officials and citizens living nearby, said the statement.
Four ISAF soldiers also killed during todays operations and seven others were wounded. More than 80 suspected Taliban fighters were captured by the police and a further 180 insurgents were seen fleeing the districts, said the statement.
Also written about here.............
CNN
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghan and NATO forces killed more than 200 Taliban fighters in a major operation in southern Afghanistan, NATO said Sunday.Four soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force were killed and seven others were wounded in the fighting in Kandahar province, a statement from the alliance said.
"Reports indicate that more than 200 Taliban fighters have been killed since Operation Medusa began early Saturday morning. This figure was arrived at by reviewing information from ISAF surveillance and reconnaissance assets operating in Panjwayi and Zhari districts as well as information reported by various Afghan officials and citizens living nearby," it said.
More than 80 suspected Taliban fighters were captured by Afghan police and a further 180 insurgents were seen fleeing the district, the statement said.
NATO said there were no reports of civilian casualties, despite the heavy weight of fire being used.
An Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman, Gen. Zahir Azimi, said earlier in the day that a number of civilians were killed.
A NATO spokesman, Maj. Scott Lundy, said NATO and Afghan troops had gained ground during Operation Medusa and had disrupted the militants' command and control so their fighters were moving in a confused way.
On Saturday, a reconnaissance plane supporting the offensive crashed, killing all 14 British military personnel on board. NATO said the plane was not brought down by hostile fire.
Posted by Wild Thing at September 3, 2006 12:47 PM
Comments
Excellent news, thinning the herd helps, especially if they are done in by their own kind.
Posted by: Jack at September 3, 2006 02:21 PM
I hope these are not inflated "body count" figures. Any dead Taliban is a good figure tho.
Hate to lose 14 Brits. I wonder what kind of recon plane that was??
Posted by: TomR at September 3, 2006 03:06 PM
Jack I like that "thinning of the herd".
Posted by: Wild Thing at September 3, 2006 04:40 PM
Tom I know what you mean, I checked several places just in case. One said 78, but FOX and CNN and the other one the Pajhwok Report all said the same thing.
I feel badly about the Brits too. I wish none of the good guys were ever injured or killedl.
Posted by: Wild Thing at September 3, 2006 04:43 PM
Much of the thinning was done by Canadian troops. We lost 4.
Posted by: paul at September 3, 2006 09:07 PM
Hi Paul, nice to meet you. Thank you for commenting about this. I am so sorry you lost 4 of yours from Canada. My prayers for their loved ones.
Posted by: Wild Thing at September 3, 2006 11:44 PM
Us brits dont really care any more... weve been through worse. I have grandparents who still remember the bombing in WW2. Anything the terrorists do now looks rather pathetic in comparison.
Posted by: Suricou Raven at September 9, 2006 11:09 AM
