Several Carrier Air Wing 14 F/A-18 Hornets from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan await refueling with a British Royal Air Force L-1011 tanker aircraft in southern Afghanistan, Oct. 9, 2008. The Hornets provide support to coalition forces on the ground. U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Erik Etz Up To 70 Taliban Killed In Afghan Strike:
Local Official -- AFP
Local Official -- AFP
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) — An Afghan government official said Wednesday that international war planes had bombed a gathering of Taliban and other militants on the southern border with Pakistan and killed up to 70.
NATO's International Security Assistance Force confirmed the strike but said it was late Sunday, not Monday, and killed a "small group of Taliban commanders."
Intelligence reports had indicated that militants, including Arabs and Pakistanis, had gathered in Barham Chah in southern Helmand province, provincial government spokesman Daud Ahmadi told AFP.
The men were being watched by international troops who then sent in aircraft, he said.
"The foreign forces bombed the Taliban gathering in Barham Chah and killed up to 70 Taliban who were mostly foreign fighters," Ahmadi said.
The area, on the border with Pakistan's Baluchistan region, is extremely remote and it was impossible to verify the account.
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