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Taliban Say U.S. Commando Raids Foiled West of Kandahar
The Taliban said Saturday that its forces had foiled U.S. commando raids west of Kandahar, Afghanistan, according to reports reaching here.
The reports also quoted an official of the Taliban regime as saying that its forces suffered no casualties during the U.S. raids.
The ruling Taliban militia said U.S. helicopters were used in the raids in the southern city of Kandahar.
The Taliban official said the U.S. commandos, who landed by helicopter late Friday night, were forced to withdraw.
Earlier in Washington, a Pentagon official said U.S. Special Forces had completed an overnight ground attack on a Taliban target in Afghanistan.
The official confirmed earlier reports that U.S. Special Forces, including Army Rangers, and helicopters carried out operations against an unspecified Taliban target inside Afghanistan.
All the helicopters had cleared out of the Afghan airspace after completing the mission of several hours, the official told the CNN.
He also gave no word about whether the U.S. took any casualties or prisoners in the first U.S. venture of ground troops in Afghanistan.
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