Posted on 08/18/2003 10:31:27 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:06:56 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
KABUL, Afghanistan — Fierce battles during the weekend, in which hundreds suspected of being Taliban fighters stormed into two towns and overran police stations, marked an escalation of a guerrilla war against supporters of the U.S.-backed government.
Just hours after a deadly raid on a police station killed 22 persons, fighters attacked another police compound in southeast Afghanistan, setting it ablaze and taking four police officers hostage, officials said yesterday.
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