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Nie Trink Wasser
25th August 2003, 11:48 AM
its always good to see the stamping of disease carrying cockroaches.



http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/central/08/25/afghan.taliban/index.html

KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Backed by U.S. warplanes and Special Operations troops, Afghan forces attacked Taliban fighters Monday in southeastern Afghanistan, U.S. and Afghan officials said.

Afghan officials said more than 40 Taliban fighters were killed in the attack, while the Pentagon put the death toll at 14. No U.S. or Afghan casualties were reported.

Afghan militia were accompanied by American Special Operations troops and airstrikes from U.S. Air Force and Marine warplanes, including F-16 fighters and A-10 and Harrier ground-attack jets, Pentagon officials said.

The fighting occurred in the province of Zabol, about 200 miles (320 kilometers) south of Kabul. Afghan troops had been building up over the weekend after raids by an estimated 200 to 300 Taliban fighters left 14 people dead in the area, Afghan officials said.

American
25th August 2003, 02:55 PM
It's what we're paying them for.

Tell you- we're going to have some damn hard men coming home in a few years. I don't think they'll want a parade, but we sure as hell better be nice to them.