20 Taliban freeze to death in Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN - 13 FEBRUARY 2010
KABUL: Police found the bodies of 20 Taliban who froze to death after being driven by troops into the mountains of Afghanistan, police said Friday.
The bodies were found in two caves deep in snow-covered mountains in Baghlan province Tuesday, said regional police spokesman Lal Mohammad Ahmadzai. The militants fled into the mountains a day before Afghan and Nato military forces were due to start an operation in central Baghlan, he told AFP.
The deputy Taliban shadow governor of Baghlan was among the dead, he said, referring to the militant habit of setting up administrative and justice offices, often in areas that lack any government presence.
Police who found the bodies in the caves in Bysakal area near where three provinces Baghlan, Kunduz and Takhar converge also recovered weapons and explosives, Ahmadzai said.
Source: The News International
AFGHANISTAN - 13 FEBRUARY 2010
KABUL: Police found the bodies of 20 Taliban who froze to death after being driven by troops into the mountains of Afghanistan, police said Friday.
The bodies were found in two caves deep in snow-covered mountains in Baghlan province Tuesday, said regional police spokesman Lal Mohammad Ahmadzai. The militants fled into the mountains a day before Afghan and Nato military forces were due to start an operation in central Baghlan, he told AFP.
The deputy Taliban shadow governor of Baghlan was among the dead, he said, referring to the militant habit of setting up administrative and justice offices, often in areas that lack any government presence.
Police who found the bodies in the caves in Bysakal area near where three provinces Baghlan, Kunduz and Takhar converge also recovered weapons and explosives, Ahmadzai said.
Source: The News International
