Heavy Fighting in the South of Afghansitan

A U.S. soldier keeps watch afterTaliban militants set fire to a convoy of supply trucks in Ghazni, Afghanistan, June 24, 2008. (Shir Ahmad/Reuters)

Over 90 Insurgents Killed In Afghanistan
-- Yahoo News/Reuters

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces have killed more than 90 militants during several days of fighting in the south of the country this week, the U.S. military and the Afghan Interior Ministry said on Saturday.

Violence has risen in Afghanistan this year with about 2,500 people, including 1,000 civilians, killed in fighting between Taliban insurgents and foreign and Afghan forces, aid agencies say.

Clashes erupted on Wednesday when several militants attacked a joint Afghan and coalition patrol with machineguns and rocket-propelled grenades, the US military said in a statement.

"ANSF (Afghan National Security Forces) and coalition forces returned fire with small arms and close air support. Multiple vehicles and enemy fighting positions were destroyed," it said.

More than three dozen insurgents were killed, it said.

No soldiers from the Afghan and US forces or any civilians had been killed in the fighting, which was continuing on Saturday, a spokesman for the US military said.

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My Comment: Southern Afghanistan and the Tribal Regions of Pakistan are under sustained attack. I do not know if these actions are coordinated .... but it is clear that coalition forces are taking advantage of the heavy fighting in Pakistan to attack Taliban units in Afghanistan.