U.S.-LED FORCES HAVE KILLED HALF THE TALIBAN AND AL QAEDA FIGHTERS HOL...

World | March 6, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

U.S.-led forces have killed half the Taliban and al Qaeda fighters holed up in caves in eastern Afghanistan in attacks on their positions that began last week, a U.S. military official said Wednesday, quoted by Reuters. "We've killed up to 500 or more," said Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Piatt. "Initially, we thought it was only about a couple of hundred but now we think it's about half (of the total enemy force)."

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