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SLUG: 2-308521 Taleban Strike (S)
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DATE=10/13/2003 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT TITLE=TALEBAN STRIKE (S) NUMBER=2-308521 BYLINE=MICHAEL KITCHEN DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= INTRO: In Afghanistan, suspected Taleban insurgents have attacked a police station in the southeast - killing at least three security officers and capturing eight others. V-O-A's Michael Kitchen reports from Islamabad. TEXT: The attack occurred in Zabul Province - the site of months of intense fighting between insurgent Taleban forces and a coalition of Afghan and U-S troops. Zabul's deputy governor tells V-O-A several Taleban fighters were killed or injured during the clash, but the group took their casualties with them when they fled the scene. The Taleban - accused of harboring al-Qaida terrorists - was ousted from power in 2001 by U-S-led coalition forces. Remnants of the group have been staging attacks and Afghan officials say the insurgents have regrouped across the border in Pakistan. Afghan Interior Minister Ali Jalali: /// JALALI ACT /// What we see in Afghanistan, the insurgency is not from inside Afghanistan. It is coming from outside. /// END ACT /// Pakistan has stepped up efforts in recent weeks to flush the border region of militants posing a security risk to war-torn Afghanistan. (SIGNED) NEB/HK/MK/JO/KBK |
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