U.S. Soldiers Kill Nearly Two Dozen Suspected Taliban Militants

[Judi Lynn]

U.S. Soldiers Kill Nearly Two Dozen Suspected Taliban Militants
By Noor Khan Associated Press Writer
Published: Jul 21, 2003


KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. troops killed nearly two dozen suspected Taliban militants after coming under fire in southern Afghanistan in the latest in a series of such attacks. There were no coalition casualties.

The suspected militants ambushed the convoy near the town of Spinboldak, U.S. military spokesman Lt. Col. Douglas Lefforge said Sunday, a day after the attack. The American troops returned fire, killing five attackers and pursuing the rest into the surrounding hills, Lefforge said.

U.S. Apache helicopter gunships chased the group and killed an estimated 19 of the suspected Taliban, he said.

Also Saturday, some 60 suspected Taliban fighters attacked a border post in southern Afghanistan with heavy machine guns and assault rifles before escaping across the border into Pakistan, a government official said. (snip/...)

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[veganwitch]

1. Suspected Taliban Militants=

defenseless sheep-herders under 15. im having a harder and harder time believing anything i hear coming out of that part of the planet.