19 Afghanis Killed in NATO Air Strikes and Army Fire

19 Afghanis Killed in NATO Air Strikes and Army Fire

Editor's Note:

Almost in every case in the past, Afghan government and NATO spokespersons alleged that the victims of NATO air strikes were Taliban fighters. Then, news reports showed that they or most of them were civilians, particularly women and children.

Readers are advised to notice that Taliban resistance fighters are referred to as militants and insurgents in NATO countries media.

14 Taliban militants slain in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb. 22 (UPI) --

NATO coalition and Afghan troops killed at least 14 alleged Taliban fighters in two attacks in southern Afghanistan, officials said Sunday.

NATO troops raided a place allegedly belonging to Taliban fighters in Kandahar province Saturday, with six of them allegedly dying in the operation, police told CNN.

And in Helmand province, a NATO air strike killed eight alleged Taliban fighters who were traveling in a car, a the spokesman for the province's governor told the U.S. broadcaster.

A Taliban spokesman denied the car was carrying any of its members, saying the victims were civilians.

Latest airstrike, clashes leave 19 Taliban dead in Afghanistan

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:41:54 GMT

DPA (Published by Earth Times), Kabul -

Nineteen alleged Taliban fighters were killed in NATO airstrike and clashes with Afghan security forces in southern and eastern regions of the country, officials said Sunday. Eight alleged Taliban fighters were killed when their vehicle was destroyed by a NATO warplane in Nawa district of southern Helmand province on Saturday, Daoud Ahmadi, spokesman for the provincial governor said.

The Afghan intelligence agents saw the alleged Taliban fighters driving in a vehicle and then called in NATO's air support to take out the rebels, Ahmadi said.

Separately, at least six alleged Taliban fighters were killed after they attacked an Afghan police patrol in Dand district of southern Kandahar province, Abdullah Khan, deputy provincial police chief said.

Two Afghan policemen were wounded in the ambush, he said, adding that police later called for reinforcements and the alleged Taliban fighters were killed when joint Afghan and NATO forces engaged them with small arms and artillery fires.

Afghan army troops meanwhile killed five alleged Taliban fighters and arrested 12, including four wounded, in a clash in Sabari district of south-eastern province of Khost on Saturday, a defence ministry statement said.

The clash was triggered after the troops were attacked by the alleged Taliban fighters in the area, it said, adding that there were no casualties among the Afghan soldiers.

Taliban fighters are most active in the country's southern and eastern provinces which have a long and porous border with Pakistan.

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