Heavy fighting in southern Afghanistan

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http://www.afgha.com/?af=article&sid=38040

Hundreds of Afghan government troops are reported to be fighting up to 50 suspected Taleban rebels in central Uruzgan province.

The provincial governor, Jan Mohammad, told the BBC the fighting started when Taleban forces came down from mountain hideouts and killed four government troops.

Speaking from the area, where he said fighting was continuing, Mr Mohammad said Afghan forces had asked the United States military for back-up, after the suspected Taleban called in reinforcements.

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1. Look at that. The beeb has it, too.

US is involved in 2 days of heavy fighting and only the locals and the Brits know about it?

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US and Afghan government forces are said to have killed at least seven Taleban fighters in a raid in central Afghanistan.

A police spokesman said three Afghan soldiers also died and five were injured in the clashes.

The fighting lasted for two days in the mountainous Chaar Cheno region of the central province of Uruzgan, once a Taleban stronghold.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3193036.stm

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2. Wasn't there a story yesterday

about the US cozying up to the Taliban? Appointing Taliban to official positions and that sort of thing?

Nobody wants to talk about it, that's for sure. I'm not sure how many people in the US even KNOW we are still fighting in Afghanistan!