Approximately 16 soldiers of NATO-led ISAF were killed and wounded today, September 18, in Afghanistan. The attack was carried out by a Taliban suicide bomber, Quratullah, of Kandahar province who was riding a bicycle. The attack against a Canadian patrol happened in Qluf area of Pashmool.
Pashmool area is located 30 kilometer west of Kandahar city on the border between Panjwai and Ziari Dashta. NATO-led ISAF forces recently conducted a grand propaganda-type operation in Panjwai and Ziari called "Medusa" and claimed to have killed over 400 fighters in the operations. However, Taliban said that the number of their casualties in the operation "Medusa" was not more than 15.
Taliban on Monday (Sept. 18) said that none of their fighter was killed in Gereshk district of Helmand yesterday (Sept. 17). After the claim of Helmand officials that 13 fighters were killed including a Talib commander Mulla Muhammad Akhund in Gereshk district, spokesman of the legal Afghan government of The Islamic State of Afghanistan, Dr. Muhammad Hanif told Afghan Islamic Press that it was false as no clash took place in Gereshk yesterday. He, however, said that an enemy's plane pounded an area in the same district but there were no casualties.
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