Posts Tagged ‘Nangarhar Province,Afghanistan’

taliban fightersA series of air strikes launched by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has killed 14 Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. NATO attack was launched along with Afghan soldiers As quoted by the Associated Press, Monday, September 13, 2010, attacks came as Nato patrols across the river in the province of Uruzgan.NATO forces then requested air support after receiving small arms fire. NATO to ensure that no civilian casualties.

A number of attacks and clashes in recent improved allied forces to suppress the Taliban fighters.In a separate incident, a rocket fired by Taliban fighters against an army supply base in the Afghan city of Jalalabad, eastern Nangarhar province.A spokesman for local police, Ghafor Khan said the rocket attack was not on target. But it hit a house, until injuring nine civilians, including children.The attacks coincided with rising tensions ahead of parliamentary elections. Taliban try to overthrow the government of the United States and its allies pro in Kabul and expel foreign troops from that country.