Kandahar: International and Afghan forces killed 16 Taliban militants in a gunbattle in the country's south, police said on Friday. One police officer also died in the fighting.
Nato forces confirmed there was a clash in Uruzgan province on Thursday, but spokesman Lt. Commander Christopher Hall said they only had reports of five dead, all of them militants.
Uruzgan Deputy Police Chief Mohammad Nabi said the Nato and Afghan forces also arrested one armed insurgent in the battle waged through most of Thursday, and captured a handful of guns and four motorbikes.
Asked about the lower death toll given by Nato, Nabi said he had confirmed reports from the ground of the 17 dead.
Nato forces confirmed there was a clash in Uruzgan province on Thursday, but spokesman Lt. Commander Christopher Hall said they only had reports of five dead, all of them militants.
Uruzgan Deputy Police Chief Mohammad Nabi said the Nato and Afghan forces also arrested one armed insurgent in the battle waged through most of Thursday, and captured a handful of guns and four motorbikes.
Asked about the lower death toll given by Nato, Nabi said he had confirmed reports from the ground of the 17 dead.
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