KABUL, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Afghan troops in an operation backed by NATO
have killed 10 Taliban fighters in Afghanistan's southern Zabul province, a
local official said Thursday.
"In the operation launched Wednesday night in Deh Chopan district, at least
10 rebels were killed and 14 others sustained injuries," Fazal Bari, district
chief of Deh Chopan, told Xinhua.
Moreover, firefight between insurgents and police in Jalai district of the
neighboring Kandahar province left four policemen dead on the same day, Niaz
Mohammad Sarhadi, district chief of Jalai, told Xinhua.
Taliban's purported spokesman Qari Yusuf Ahmadi claimed responsibility for
the incidents saying the militants carried out both the attacks.
Over 5,300 people, mostly insurgents, have been killed in
insurgency-related violence and conflicts so far this year in war-torn
Afghanistan.
