Southern Afghanistan Tense After Major Taliban Strikes

(RFE/RL) June 13, 2006 -- Reports say southern Afghanistan remains tense after Afghan and U.S.-led forces killed up to 37 Taliban fighters in military operations on June 12.

General Rahmatullah Raufi said a brother-in-law of fugitive Taliban chief Mullah Mohammad Omar is believed to have been those killed in the fighting.


In the country's eastern Paktiya Province, a roadside bomb killed two civilians and wounded six.


(AFP)

RFE/RL Afghanistan Report

RFE/RL Afghanistan Report


SUBSCRIBE For regular news and analysis on Afghanistan by e-mail, subscribe to "RFE/RL Afghanistan Report."