U.S.-Led Troops Kill 55 Taliban After Afghan Ambush
KABUL, June 23, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S.-led coalition troops killed some 55 Taliban insurgents who ambushed them in southeastern Afghanistan, close to the Pakistan border, the U.S. military said on Monday.
There has been a sharp rise in violence along Afghanistan’s eastern frontier in recent months. NATO generals say de-facto ceasefires between Pakistan’s new government and militants in its border region free up insurgents to infiltrate into Afghanistan.
Taliban insurgents ambushed the coalition forces with small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades in the Zerok district of Paktika province on Friday, a U.S. military statement said.
“Around 55 anti-Afghan forces were killed, 25 wounded and three detained as part of the combined response of coalition ground and air forces,” the statement said.
NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and the U.S.-led coalition force in Afghanistan do not usually disclose Taliban casualties and normally use vague formulations such as saying “several” militants were killed.
Elsewhere, coalition troops killed several insurgents in operations in Ghazni province, southwest of Kabul, and in Helmand province in the south.
More than 6,000 people were killed in Afghanistan last year and this year there are no signs of any let-up in the fighting with the Taliban unable to overwhelm Afghan and foreign forces and the government and its allies unable to quash the insurgency.
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55 is a great start, but I want 3 or 4 or even 5 zeros after that number.
June 23rd, 2008 at 11:09 amOkay, no problem with the 55 dead, that many to never have to worry anout again. and the 3 captured?? okay, waterboard the bastards and get info that is there. then let the Afghani’s take care of them.
I want to know what happened to the 25 injured Taliban. doesn’t say what happened to them. I am wondering (hoping) that we left them to the tender mercies of the Afghani forces
June 23rd, 2008 at 11:36 am
This is great news. Nearly 4 dozen dead mo fo terries. Way to go boys. Keep up the good work. We appreciate and support you 110%. Thanks for keeping us safe. Godspeed. 
June 23rd, 2008 at 1:56 pmThe British were left to the tender mercies of the Afghani women in the days of Gunga Din……..I shiver.
June 23rd, 2008 at 6:05 pm