U.S. and Afghan forces are fighting some 80 rebels in the mountains of southern Afghanistan, not far from the Pakistani border, in the biggest battle for nearly a year, officials said Tuesday.
U.S. military spokesman Colonel Roger King said at least 18 rebels loyal to renegade commander Gulbuddin Hekmatyar had been killed in the clashes.
King added U.S. and coalition B-1 bombers, F-16 warplanes, AC-130 gunships and Apache Helicopters had bombed some positions for more than 12 hours near a series of caves in the inaccessible mountains. (Albawaba.com)
