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US troops clash with Taliban fighters
According to US media reports American ground forces have begun action against Taliban for the first time in southern Afghanistan.
According to US media reports American ground forces have begun action against Taliban for the first time in southern Afghanistan.
A private US television reported that between 100 to 200 Army Rangers were fighting Taliban forces in southern Afghanistan since ‘operation Enduring Freedom’ was launched.
Another private American news channel reported, “The American ground war in Afghanistan is now under way. The Rangers were flown in from the USS Kitty Hawk in the Indian Ocean.” Earlier, the Pentagon confirmed a "small group" of special forces was operating inside Afghanistan and said the tempo of the campaign was about to increase.
Moreover Pentagon officials, including Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, refused on Friday to confirm or deny reports that ground operations were under way. But Rumsfeld said "there are certain things taking place from the air and things from time to time being coordinated with the ground."
Speaking to reporters en route to a military base in Missouri, Rumsfeld also defined the US mission in Afghanistan with some of the starkest terms to date, saying it "will be over when the Taliban and al Qaeda are gone."
Bureau Report
Another private American news channel reported, “The American ground war in Afghanistan is now under way. The Rangers were flown in from the USS Kitty Hawk in the Indian Ocean.” Earlier, the Pentagon confirmed a "small group" of special forces was operating inside Afghanistan and said the tempo of the campaign was about to increase.
Moreover Pentagon officials, including Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, refused on Friday to confirm or deny reports that ground operations were under way. But Rumsfeld said "there are certain things taking place from the air and things from time to time being coordinated with the ground."
Speaking to reporters en route to a military base in Missouri, Rumsfeld also defined the US mission in Afghanistan with some of the starkest terms to date, saying it "will be over when the Taliban and al Qaeda are gone."
Bureau Report