Insurgent Death Toll in Afghanistan Rises

[maddezmom]

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces surrounded a rebel hide-out in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, and the number of insurgents killed from three days of fighting rose to 102, the defense ministry said.

The battle was one of the deadliest since the Taliban's ouster more than three years ago and was sure to add to growing anxiety that an Iraq-style conflict is developing here.

Two Taliban commanders, Mullah Dadullah and Mullah Brader, are believed to be fighting alongside hundreds of rebel holdouts, said Defense Ministry spokesman Zahir Marad. Both are well known names in the Taliban rebellion, accused of orchestrating attacks across much of Afghanistan's violence-ridden south.

"A total of 102 Taliban have been killed since the fighting started on Tuesday," Marad said, 26 more than were reported on Wednesday evening. "These deaths will have a huge impact on the rebels. Many are trying to flee. But we have them surrounded."

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[unhappycamper]

1. Body counts - shades of the 60s.

What's next? Five O'Clock Follies?

[bemildred]

2. Ditto that.

Now we have two VietNams, is that progress or what?

[NNN0LHI]

3. Wonder what our soldiers are doing with all the bodies? n/t