AFGHANISTAN - Sept 5 - Afghan And Coalition Forces Kill More Than 20 Insurgents.Afghan and US-led coalition soldiers battled Taliban militants in Afghanistan and called in airstrikes, killing more than 20 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. . Elsewhere, two police officers died after a roadside bomb blast. The battles on Sept 4 & 5 comes after Afghan forces claimed to have killed a Taliban commander involved in the kidnapping kidnapping, in law, the taking away of a person by force, threat, or deceit, with intent to cause him to be detained against his will. Kidnapping may be done for ransom or for political or other purposes. of 23 South Korean church workers in central Afghanistan in July. Afghan and coalition soldiers in the Shah Wali Kot district The Shah Wali Kot District is situated in the northern part of the Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. It borders with Khakrez District to the West, Naish District and Oruzgan Province to the North, Zabul Province to the East and Daman and Arghandab districts to the South. , in southern Kandahar Province, came under attack while on patrol Tuesday. They fought back before calling in air support, a coalition statement said. "Surgical and precision airstrikes were carried out on positively identified enemy positions from where machine gun and rocket-propelled grenade RPG, or rocket-propelled grenade is a loose term describing hand-held, shoulder-launched anti-tank weapons capable of firing an unguided rocket equipped with an explosive warhead. fire was originating", the statement said. "Over a dozen insurgents were killed in this engagement". About 30 kilometers, or 18 miles, away, insurgents sheltering in a traditional low-walled Afghan compound attacked another joint patrol on Tuesday. Airstrikes later pounded the position, killing six insurgents, the statement said. In Helmand Province, a remote-controlled bomb exploded ex·plode v. ex·plod·ed, ex·plod·ing, ex·plodes v.intr. 1. To release mechanical, chemical, or nuclear energy by the sudden production of gases in a confined space: under a police vehicle in the Gereshk district, killing two police officers and wounding three, said Abdul Manan, a local official. In Ghazni Province, insurgents attacked a joint coalition and Afghan force early Sept 5, triggering a clash that left "several militants" dead, a coalition statement said. A number of civilians were injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. in the clash, the coalition said. On Sept 4, Afghan officials claimed to have killed a Taliban commander called Mullah mullah Muslim title applied to a scholar or religious leader, especially in the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent. It means “lord” and has also been used in North Africa as an honorific attached to the name of a king, sultan, or member of the nobility. Mateen, who they said was involved the kidnapping of the South Koreans on July 19. The Taliban denied the claim. Two of the South Koreans were killed soon after the kidnapping, two were released in August, and the remaining 19 were freed last week after Seoul repeated a longstanding commitment to withdraw its 200 troops by the end of the year. The Afghan authorities often make claims that they have killed Taliban commanders that turn out to be false. Taliban spokesmen have also downplayed or lied about the extent of their battlefield losses. |
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