50 Taliban rebels killed in Afghanistan
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-05-22 13:46
U.S.-led coalition aircraft killed about 50 suspected Taliban rebels in an
airstrike on a rebel stronghold in southern Afghanistan, a spokesman for the
force said Monday.
A British soldier (L)
secures the area after a car bomb blast in Kabul, Afghanistan May 21,
2006. A car bomb in the Afghan capital Kabul killed three people on
Sunday, security officials said. [Reuters] |
The attack occurred late Sunday and early Monday on the village of Azizi in
Panjwayi district, Kandahar province, said a coalition spokesman, Maj. Scott
Lundy.
"It was an against a known Taliban stronghold and we believe it resulted in
about 50 Taliban killed," he said.
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