(RFE/RL)
June 1, 2007 -- Afghan government officials say six Taliban fighters were killed overnight in a battle with police in eastern Afghanistan.
The overnight clash began when militants attacked the home of a police official in the Zurmat district of Paktia Province.
In a separate incident, two Afghan women were killed by a Taliban rocket barrage fired at their homes from the mountains of the eastern province of Kunar.
(AP, Reuters)
The Afghan Insurgency
The Afghan Insurgency
HOMEGROWN OR IMPORTED? As attacks against Afghan and international forces continue relentlessly, RFE/RL hosted a briefing to discuss the nature of the Afghan insurgency. The discussion featured Marvin Weinbaum, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and RFE/RL Afghanistan analyst Amin Tarzi.
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