chris-belcher – The Mail & Guardian

/ 19 March 2008

US-led force kills Afghan civilians in raid

United States-led coalition troops killed three men, two children and a woman, in a raid in south-eastern Afghanistan, the district chief and village residents said on Wednesday. The issue of civilian casualties is a sensitive one as it undermines public support for the presence of foreign troops.

By Elyas Wahdat

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/ 26 September 2007

Nearly 170 Taliban killed in Afghan clashes

Nato and United States-led troops backed up by warplanes said on Wednesday they had killed nearly 170 Taliban in two major battles in southern Afghanistan, while a US-led coalition soldier also died. The heaviest of the fighting with the Islamic insurgents erupted on Tuesday in the volatile southern province of Helmand.

By Sardar Ahmad