Posted on 09/26/2007 9:38:11 AM PDT by Ancient Drive
The US-led coalition force in Afghanistan says that more than 160 Taleban fighters have been killed in two days of fighting in the south.
They say that more than 100 insurgents were killed in Helmand province, and at least 65 in neighbouring Uruzgan. One coalition soldier died, US forces said.
The Taleban denied the figures, which could not be independently verified.
Villagers said there had been a large number of civilian deaths from aerial bombardments in both provinces.
The latest violence comes as Afghan President Hamid Karzai is in New York to address the UN General Assembly.
He has been under intense pressure over the high number of civilian casualties and has repeatedly called for Western troops to exercise more care.
Violence has soared in Afghanistan and more than 3,000 people have been killed this year as Afghan and foreign forces battle Taleban fighters.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
Bull----. I'm surprised the BBC didn't report it as '160 Wedding Party Attendees Killed By NATO Air-Raids'
The BBC is nothing but a goose intestine for terrorist propaganda.
The media are just a bunch of stinking liars and terrorist supporters.
All villagers are terrorists in that area, so they qualify as both villager and terrorist!
“Villagers said there had been a large number of civilian deaths from aerial bombardments in both provinces.”
A true statement, since every Taliban militiaman is a civilian.
I thought we where fighting the TalIban not this new TalEban group.
the BBC is not a reliable source. They lie.
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