50 Taliban suspects killed in Afghan fighting

26/07/2005 - 08:28:30
About 50 suspected Taliban militants were killed in fighting with US and Afghan forces in southern Afghanistan, a provincial governor said today.

The fighting late last night in Uruzgan province’s Dihrawud district came during an offensive against a rebel camp, Governor Janan Mohammed Khan said.

Afghan forces were still finding bodies of suspected Taliban insurgents at the scene of the fighting today, he added.

A US military spokeswoman said she had no details about the incident.