Reuters: U.S. Forces & Taliban Said In Afghanistan Clash

[Hissyspit]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060325/ts_nm/afghan_violence_dc;_ylt=AoxEeOBO4JV3AVrQWQ4hQAKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-

US forces and Taliban said in Afghan clash

U.S. forces were involved in heavy fighting with Taliban guerrillas in Afghanistan on Saturday but there was no immediate word on casualties, a provincial official said.

Afghanistan has seen a surge in attacks by Taliban insurgents and their militant allies in recent months and the Taliban have vowed to launch a spring offensive against U.S.-led foreign forces and the Western-backed government.

The clash erupted after U.S. troops backed by helicopter gunships launched an operation in the Sangin district of the southern province of Helmand, said an administrative official in the province.

"It's very heavy," the official, who declined to be identified, said of the clash.

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[High Plains]

1. Helmand is the leading opium producing province

[Why Syzygy]

2. Operation?

... U.S. troops backed by helicopter gunships launched an operation ...

:wtf: an OPERATION? Is that an euphemism?

[maddezmom]

4. they name them in Iraq, wonder if they name them in Afghanistan?

probably not since the US toppled the Taleban over 3 yrs ago.:sarcasm:

[Erika]

3. But Laura and W said we liberated all these people

Did they chop off the head yet of the converted Christian?

Those fickle Afghanis.