35 Taliban Killed in Afghan Clashes
Pakistan Times Wire Service

KABUL: Afghan authorities have claimed to have killed at least 32 Taliban during skirmishes here and freeing one district from the control of Taliban, according to reports.

According to Kandhar authorities, suspected Taliban rebels attacked a police station in southern Afghanistan last yester night, sparking clashes that left initially 15 militants dead and 17 other people wounded, including four police, officials said on Saturday.

Fighters hit the police compound in the northern Kandahar province town of Miana Shien with automatic rifle and machine gun fire around sundown on Friday, setting off hours of deadly fighting, said Dawood Hamadi, the provincial spokesman.

U.S.-led coalition and Afghan troops recaptured a district occupied by the Taliban, killing at least 15 militants, an Afghan official said on Saturday.

The troops took control of the Chora district of the southern Uruzgan province late on Friday, days after the Taliban had captured the area, the defense ministry spokesman said.

"Fifteen bodies of the enemies of Afghanistan lie in the battle field and up to 20 of them have been killed. The operation is still going on against the enemies who are on the run," Zahir Azimi said in a statement.●