'Fighting in North Afghanistan Kills 130 Insurgents', The Associated Press, 9 November 2009
EXCERPT: "Afghan and international troops killed more than 130 insurgents in six days of fighting in a once-stable area of northern Afghanistan that has seen a recent spike in Taliban attacks, NATO said Monday. It was some of the heaviest fighting in the north this year. The operation, which took place last week, was in the Chahar Dara district of Kunduz province against Taliban fighters who had been threatening NATO supply lines from Russia. An estimated 700 Afghan troops and 50 international soldiers, mostly Americans, took part in the operation. A NATO statement said 130 Taliban fighters, including eight commanders, were killed. The statement did not say how NATO arrived at the death figure. 'It is the largest operation I've ever seen in Kunduz,' Mohammad Omar, governor of Kunduz province, was quoted as saying in a NATO press release. 'You've got the Taliban running all over the place.' After the fighting ended, Afghan and international troops distributed humanitarian supplies in villages affected by the operation."
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