17 rebels killed in Afghan battle: ministryAfghan troops and NATO NATO: see North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO in full North Atlantic Treaty Organization International military alliance created to defend western Europe against a possible Soviet invasion. war jets pounded insurgents Insurgents, in U.S. history, the Republican Senators and Representatives who in 1909–10 rose against the Republican standpatters controlling Congress, to oppose the Payne-Aldrich tariff and the dictatorial power of House speaker Joseph G. Cannon. during a "fierce battle" in southern Afghanistan, killing 17 rebels, the defence ministry said Sunday. The weekend fighting erupted after rebels fired several mortars at an Afghan army position in the southern province of Zabul, a known Taliban hotspot, the ministry said in a statement. "Afghan troops were dispatched after the enemy position was identified and a very fierce battle took place," it said. "During the battle, which was backed by international forces' air support and lasted for one hour, 17 terrorists were killed," the statement said, adding that another militant wounded in the fighting was captured. Militants, mainly remnants of the Taliban regime, have been waging an insurgency in·sur·gen·cy n. pl. in·sur·gen·cies 1. The quality or circumstance of being rebellious. 2. An instance of rebellion; an insurgence. insurgency, insurgence 1. to overthrow the US-backed government of President Hamid Karzai Hamid Karzai (Persian and Pashto: حامد کرزي) (b. December 24, 1957) is the current President of Afghanistan, since December 7, 2004. He became the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime. since they were ousted from power in a US-led invasion in 2001. The insurgency has intensified in·ten·si·fy v. in·ten·si·fied, in·ten·si·fy·ing, in·ten·si·fies v.tr. 1. To make intense or more intense: each year since then, with 2009 now the deadliest for Afghan security forces and their international military backers who have deployed more than 100,000 troops to defeat the rebellion. 
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