The NATO-led force have killed two Taliban leaders during an
operation in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, the military
alliance said in a statement issued in Kabul Thursday.
Mullah Abdul Matin and his associate Mullah Karim Agha were
killed on February? 18 in Helmand, a known hotbed of Taliban
militancy, it said.
The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF),
deployed with UN mandate for fighting militants and ensuring
security in the war-ravaged country, said the successful attack
brought the Taliban networks "another severe setback."
It further added that there was no civilian casualties reported
from the operation.
A 43,000-strong multi-national force are deployed in Afghanistan
under the flag of NATO-led ISAF.
(Xinhua News Agency February 21, 2008)
