Kerzai Soza Strikes Back
(Usual Suspects allusion, 2pts! Star Wars reference 2pts!)
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20030408_335.html
Afghan Troops Arrest 20 Taliban Suspects As U.S. Soldiers Scour Southern Afghan District
The Associated Press
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan April 8 ? American troops began a search for suspected Taliban fighters in a remote southern corner of Afghanistan on Tuesday, while Afghan government soldiers arrested 20 Taliban suspects in separate raids, officials said.
The U.S. soldiers were conducting house-to-house searches in Sangeen district of Helmand province, said Dad Mohammed Khan, head of the province's intelligence department.
He did not say how many U.S. troops were involved in the operation. The troops reached the area from their base in Kandahar, 60 miles to the southeast, Khan said. There was no immediate confirmation of the operation by U.S. officials at the base.
Khan said the American troops may be looking for former Taliban commanders Mullah Dadullah and Mullah Akhtar Mohammed. The two were reported in the area some time ago, according to the intelligence official.
Mullah Akhtar Mohammed and his brother, Abul Hassan, were in Sangeen district recently and distributed satellite phones and money among their supporters in several villages in the district, Khan said.
Separately, three Afghan government troops were wounded in a gun fight with suspected Taliban fighters in Zabul province, the region's governor, Hamidullah Khan, said Tuesday.
The soldiers were injured Sunday when nearly 50 Taliban fighters attacked a government checkpost in the Shingai district of Zabul province, Khan said.
The Taliban fled after a brief gun battle, but government troops captured 20 of them on Monday during raids on several villages in the region.
Meanwhile, a U.S. special forces soldier was slightly wounded during a military training exercise in southeastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said Tuesday.
The soldier was hit in the ribs by shrapnel Monday in the town of Shkin in Paktika province, the U.S. military said in a statement.
The soldier was evacuated to a U.S. base in the eastern town of Khost, where he was treated and released, the statement said.
The soldier was not identified.
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