Fighting in Afghanistan Kills Dozens
Heavy fighting involving several hundred Taliban fighters and Afghan and coalition forces in southern Afghanistan has killed about a dozen police officers, a Canadian soldier and more than 30 militants, officials said today.
In the western city of Herat, a suicide car bomber rammed into two vehicles carrying foreigners today, killing an American working on a counter-narcotics project, a U.S. Embassy spokesman said.
A large-scale attack on a police and government headquarters in Helmand province Wednesday involved several hundred militants and lasted about eight hours, said the deputy governor of the province, Amir Mohammed Akhundzada.
Akhundzada said nine police officers were killed and five were wounded and the bodies of 14 dead militants were left behind. Helmand is a former Taliban stronghold.
In an attack in Kandahar province, a Canadian soldier and about 18 Taliban militants were killed Wednesday, said Maj. Scott Lundy, a Canadian military spokesman.
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