One U.S. soldier, 10 Taliban killed in Afghan clashes

[sabra]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL239980.htm

One U.S. soldier, 10 Taliban killed in Afghan clashes

KABUL, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Taliban fighters killed a U.S. soldier and wounded another during an ambush in Afghanistan on Thursday, after the insurgents lost 10 men over the past two days in clashes elsewhere in the troubled southeast.

Hundreds of people, including 41 U.S. soldiers, have died in militant-related violence so far this year, making the run-up to Sept. 18 parliamentary polls the bloodiest period since 2001.

The latest American casualties belonged to a road-working detail led by U.S. engineers in Paktika province, where two days earlier a joint U.S.-Afghan patrol encountered a band of Taliban fighters close to the border with Pakistan. A U.S. military statement said the enemy fighters took cover in caves.

[shadowknows69]

1. Taliban, Taliban

seems I read something about us defeating them like 3 years ago.

[FloridaPat]

3. Yes, I seem to remember they were pretty much gone. Totally

defeated.

[iconoclastic cat]

2. The Taliban? I thought those guys broke up. nt

[shadowknows69]

4. They must have seen the Stones back on the road

and got inspired for their own reunion tour.

[Roland99]

5. That's the 2nd US soldier killed in the last couple of days

[The_Casual_Observer]

6. Every one of these reports includes some incredible 10/1 kill

ratio. Exactly like Vietnam. bush is fighting 2 wars of attrition.