US says 64 militants killed in Afghan battle
KABUL: The death toll from a fierce battle against militants by United States and Afghan forces increased to 64 on Thursday after troops found more bodies at the scene of clash.
… Meanwhile, Defense Ministry spokesman Gen Mohammed Zahir Azimi said that nine Afghan soldiers and one policeman were killed and three people were injured in an ambush on Wednesday near Spin Ghar in Kandahar province. He said militants detonated a bomb and opened fire on a group of Afghan soldiers near Spin Ghar on Wednesday. He had no further details.
http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_6-5-2005_pg7_6
Nearly every tom, dick and harry carries a gun in Afghanistan. It’s their culture, a sort of jewellry for men… how the hell do the Americans know whether they’re combatants or civilians or whether they’re Taliban or some foreigners and all this, considering the coward Americans usually shoot everything at everyone with their eyes closed?