28 killed in fresh Afghan violence

[Eugene]

Source: Agence France-Presse

28 killed in fresh Afghan violence

by Sardar Ahmad
Thu Apr 19, 10:27 AM ET

KABUL (AFP) - US-led forces killed 27 militants in clashes in
Afghanistan, the US military said Thursday, as Amnesty
International warned the rebels were stepping up attacks on
civilians in a spring offensive.

Separately a teenage girl was killed when NATO-led troops
fired on her vehicle, while Afghan troops exchanged fire
with Pakistani soldiers who were erecting a new anti-Taliban
fence on the border between the two countries.

Twenty-four of the rebels were killed and four vehicles
destroyed in a seven-hour overnight battle with Afghan and
US Special Forces and a subsequent air strike in southern
Helmand province, the US-led coalition said.

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Afghan troops tore down a new anti-Taliban fence erected by
Pakistani soldiers on the border between the two countries
Thursday, sparking a gunbattle but causing no casualties, an
Afghan defence ministry ministry statement said.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070419/wl_afp/afghanistanunrest_070419142714

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Source: BBC

Last Updated: Thursday, 19 April 2007, 15:35 GMT 16:35 UK

Afghanistan 'border fence' clash

Afghan troops have torn down part of a new anti-Taleban fence being
erected by Pakistan on the border between the two countries, officials
in Kabul say.

They say the move led to fighting between Afghan and Pakistani troops.

But Pakistan has denied the fence claim, saying the clashes started
after one of its patrols came under fire.

It was the first such fighting since Pakistan announced plans earlier
this year to fence and mine sections of the border to restrict Taleban
fighters.

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Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6572399.stm

[saigon68]

1. FREEDOM IS ON THE MARCH

I wonder what the mayor of Kabul thinks about this?

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. That war will go on for 50 more years at least.