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Nato and Afghan soldiers kill 150 insurgents
Nato and Afghan troops killed up to 150 insurgents in a ground and air attack in southeastern Afghanistan after the insurgents infiltrated from Pakistan, the alliance said yesterday.
- Agencies
- Published: 00:00 January 12, 2007
Kabul: Nato and Afghan troops killed up to 150 insurgents in a ground and air attack in southeastern Afghanistan after the insurgents infiltrated from Pakistan, the alliance said yesterday.
The latest fighting occurred on Wednesday night in the mountainous Bermal district of Paktika province, Nato said. Nato and Afghan forces observed two large groups of insurgents gathering on the Pakistani side of the border, said a spokesman. "They spotted them, they tracked them, then, when they entered Afghanistan ... they were engaged with air power and artillery," said Mark Laity, spokesman for Nato's International Security Assistance Force. "The result was, in a running series of engagements, about 150 killed."
Pakistani army gunships also attacked trucks used by suspected insurgents for attacks in Afghanistan, a military spokesman said yesterday. The army attack occurred across the border from where the Nato forces were operating.
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