Many dead in Afghan battle

[CHIMO]

Source: Source: Agencies

At least 28 Taliban fighters have been killed by Afghan security forces in the southern province of Helmand, according to Afghan officials.

There were conflicting reports about the numbers of dead, with one police official in Helmand saying that 40 fighters had been killed.

Officials in Helmand said Nato forces were involved, but Lieutenant-Colonel Angela Billings, spokeswoman for Nato forces, said she had no indication that Nato troops had taken part.

Mohammad Eisah Khan, a Helmand police official, said 10 Taliban fighters were also arrested.


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[WCGreen]

1. I remember the body counts from the Vietnam War....

I was just a kid but I remember on the news they would have a score board like graphic with Viet Cong Killed 5,000 or some outrageous number and fifty or so US soldiers...

[krispos42]

2. I think overall it was about 50:1

Some 3 million Vietnamese were killed during the war. Combined, I assume. North, South, VC, civilian, military, etc. Not that we killed all of them, but that's the total.

We lost just under 60,000 military. It was about 50 to 1.

In Iraq, there have been about 700,000 or so Iraqi deaths that would not have occured if we had not invaded, and we've lost about 3,200. Now we're running about 220:1. Yay!

:sarcasm: