Topic: 40 In Taliban Die In Afghan Battles

Philadelphia Inquirer
December 3, 2007 By Associated Press
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Afghan and NATO troops battled Taliban militants in a series of clashes in the country's south that left 40 insurgents dead, an official said yesterday.
The joint force clashed with fighters in the mountainous Shah Wali Kot district in Kandahar province during a three-day operation that ended Saturday and left 35 insurgents dead, said provincial police chief Sayed Agha Saqib.
In Kandahar's Zhari district, allied troops clashed with another group of insurgents hiding in a compound Saturday night, killing five and detaining four, Saqib said. There were no casualties among allied troops, he said.
-- AP