12 killed in Afghanistan

Published May 23, 2005

KABUL, May 22: Twelve suspected militants were killed in a clash with US forces on Saturday night in south-eastern Afghanistan that also left one US soldier wounded, a US military official said on Sunday.

“Coalition forces were on patrol in Gayan village in Paktika province when insurgents fired on them. The result was 12 insurgents killed,” said US army Lt-Col Jerry O’Hara.

“One US soldier was slightly injured, but he was treated on the scene and returned to duty.

“Insurgents are trying to derail the peace process. It was a force-on-force issue, and the insurgents lost.” Another US army spokesperson, Sergeant Marina Evans, said warplanes had also been called in to respond to the ambush.

One US soldier was killed and three others were wounded on Saturday when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in the southern part of the country. — AFP

Opinion

Editorial

Strange claim
Updated 21 Dec, 2024

Strange claim

In all likelihood, Pakistan and US will continue to be ‘frenemies'.
Media strangulation
Updated 21 Dec, 2024

Media strangulation

Administration must decide whether it wishes to be remembered as an enabler or an executioner of press freedom.
Israeli rampage
21 Dec, 2024

Israeli rampage

ALONG with the genocide in Gaza, Israel has embarked on a regional rampage, attacking Arab and Muslim states with...
Tax amendments
Updated 20 Dec, 2024

Tax amendments

Bureaucracy gimmicks have not produced results, will not do so in the future.
Cricket breakthrough
20 Dec, 2024

Cricket breakthrough

IT had been made clear to Pakistan that a Champions Trophy without India was not even a distant possibility, even if...
Troubled waters
20 Dec, 2024

Troubled waters

LURCHING from one crisis to the next, the Pakistani state has been consistent in failing its vulnerable citizens....