Taliban Suffers Heavy Casualties in Takhar: OppositionAfghanistan's Taliban militia suffered heavy casualties near Taloqan, capital of Takhar province, but there was no major change in frontline positions, a report said on Sunday.Quoting an opposition spokesman, the report said more than 135 Taliban soldiers were killed and 75 captured in a predawn operation launched by the opposition forces on Taliban positions in Eshkamesh and Chal districts of Takhar Province. It said that the opposition forces seized 50 Kalashnikov rifles, 23 PK machine guns, three ZPU-1 machine guns, two 82 mm recoilless rifles, 19 RPG rocket launchers, two truck-mounted ZSU-23 machine guns, one 82 mm mortar, two pickup trucks and 10 wireless communication sets. The opposition forces lost four men and more than 10 of their fighters were wounded, according to the spokesman. |
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