AFGHANISTAN - 'Many dead' in major Afghan clash

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Thursday, 18 May 2006,

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'Many dead' in major Afghan clash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Southern Afghanistan has seen a fierce battle between as Taleban

fighters and police, with officials saying more than 40 people were killed.

The fighting erupted in Helmand province where

thousands of British troops are currently deployed.

Violence also broke out earlier in Kandahar, leaving 18

militants and a female Canadian soldier dead.

The attacks came as Canada's parliament

narrowly voted to extend the country's combat mission until

2009.

A suicide bomber also attacked a convoy of vehicles in the

western city of Herat on Thursday, police

said, killing himself and an American national.

" This morning around 0930 a suicide attacker drove his car

in to a passing American convoy of supply trucks in the city of Herat, " police

chief Gen Aayub Salangi told the BBC, adding that one vehicle had been

completely destroyed.

Biggest attack

The fighting in Helmand began on Wednesday afternoon. A senior

security official told the BBC that Taleban commanders contacted the police

and taunted them that they had taken control of the town of Musa Qala.

Heavy clashes followed and lasted until the early hours of

Thursday. At least 13 Afghan policemen were killed, along with about 30

Taleban fighters, officials said.

" It was the biggest attack [in Helmand] since the

fall of the Taleban, " provincial governor Amir Mohammad Akhundzada told

Reuters news agency.

The Taleban have stepped up attacks in recent months.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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