By Xinhua
Kabul : Afghan government troops and the US-led coalition forces have killed a large group of Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan’s Uruzgan province and detained a foreign facilitator in the neighbouring Zabul province, the coalition said Wednesday.
Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces killed the insurgents near the Deh Rawod District of Uruzgan province Tuesday, said a statement released by the coalition late Tuesday night without specifying the rebel casualties.
“The combined force was conducting a reconnaissance patrol when a large group of insurgents engaged the patrol with small arms fire and rocket propelled grenades,” the statement said.
In another operation Tuesday in the Qalat district of Zabul province, the Afghan and coalition forces detained a foreign facilitator, the coalition statement said.
“Afghan and coalition forces are aggressively dismantling the foreign fighter facilitator networks in Afghanistan,” the statement quoted Chris Belcher, a coalition spokesman as saying.