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Wednesday November 26, 4:24 PM10 militants killed in Afghanistan: US military
One of the raids on Tuesday targeted a senior Taliban commander in Paktya province who was believed to be liaison between Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, it said in a statement. Five militants were killed in a clash at the site, it said, without making clear if the commander was among the dead. Five more armed militants were killed and four arrested in the second raid Tuesday, which took place in the adjoining province of Paktika and targeted the radical Haqqani network that is linked to Al-Qaeda. "We continue to disrupt terrorist networks, stemming the flow of weapons and supplies that are used against innocent Afghan civilians," spokesman Colonel Jerry O'Hara said. There are about 33,000 US soldiers in Afghanistan as part of international forces helping the government fight an insurgency led by the Taliban, who were in government between 1996 and 2001. Despite their efforts, security has deteriorated sharply this year prompting calls for a re-think in the strategy to put down the rebellion including more attention on militant sanctuaries across the border in Pakistan. |
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