Afghan Police Say 12 Taliban Killed After Ambush

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KABUL (Reuters) - Twelve Taliban insurgents were killed on Monday in a battle with U.S. and Afghan government forces in the volatile southeast of the country, police said.

Two soldiers from the U.S.-led foreign force in Afghanistan were wounded in the fighting which also involved U.S. aircraft,a U.S. military spokeswoman said. The two wounded troops werein stable condition. snip

A Taliban spokesman confirmed the fighting but said only one Taliban fighter died while five Afghan government troops were killed, the Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press reported. snip

Lieutenant Cindy Moore, a spokeswoman for the U.S. military, declined to comment on Taliban deaths in the fighting.

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1. Didn't Rumsfeld say the Taliban had been eviscerated over 3 years ago? n/t