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Afghan troops clash with Taliban militants
US-led coalition and Afghan troops clashed with and called in airstrikes on Taliban militants in western Afghanistan, killing and wounding more than 25 insurgents, an Afghan official said on Tuesday.
- AP
- Published: 14:39 July 22, 2008
Kabul: US-led coalition and Afghan troops clashed with and called in airstrikes on Taliban militants in western Afghanistan, killing and wounding more than 25 insurgents, an Afghan official said on Tuesday.
The joint force has been battling militants in Bala Buluk district of Farah province since Monday afternoon, said regional police spokesman Rauf Ahmadi.
Two police officers were wounded in the fighting, which also involved coalition airstrikes on the militants' positions, Ahmadi said.
Lieutenant Nathan Perry, a coalition spokesman, said that militants used two roadside bombs, small arms and rocket-propelled grenades to attack coalition patrols in Farah on Monday and Tuesday. No coalition troops were killed.
Separately, militants attacked an Afghan army outpost in the same region on Tuesday and the clash there was continuing, Perry said.
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