ANA: '38 Talibs gedood tijdens SF-actie in Uruzgan'

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Afghan, American ops kill 38 Taliban
(AFP) – 8 hours ago

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Afghan army special forces backed by US-led international troops killed up to 38 Taliban militants in separate operations, they said on Saturday.

In a surprise attack on Friday night units from the two forces working together dropped from helicopters into Charchino district, in central Uruzgan province, for a battle that lasted several hours, the Afghan army said.

"Twenty-nine enemies were killed. The bodies are still lying in the battle field," southern Afghanistan military corp commander general Shair Mohammad Zazai told AFP.

He said the troops confiscated 96 sacks of aluminium nitrate explosive and a large amount of opium.

(Bron: AFP via Google, 15 augustus 2009, http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gc8-QedHWt-WCsBjYbNFzfGEsf5w)