<tt id="6hsgl"><pre id="6hsgl"><pre id="6hsgl"></pre></pre></tt>
          <nav id="6hsgl"><th id="6hsgl"></th></nav>
          国产免费网站看v片元遮挡,一亚洲一区二区中文字幕,波多野结衣一区二区免费视频,天天色综网,久久综合给合久久狠狠狠,男人的天堂av一二三区,午夜福利看片在线观看,亚洲中文字幕在线无码一区二区
            Home>News Center>World
                   
           

          AP: U.S. troops begin Afghan offensive
          (AP)
          Updated: 2005-08-14 11:00

          KANDAGAL, Afghanistan - U.S. Marines and Afghan troops launched an offensive Saturday to take a remote mountain valley from insurgents tied to the deadliest blow on American forces since the Taliban regime was ousted nearly four years ago, the Associated Press reported. 

          The operation is the biggest yet aimed at rebels believed responsible for twin attacks that killed 19 U.S. troops in June. Three Navy SEALs were killed in an ambush, and all 16 soldiers on a helicopter sent to rescue them died when it was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade.

          The offensive came at the end of a deadly week for U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Seven Americans have died along with dozens of militants and civilians, reinforcing concerns that crucial legislative elections next month could be threatened by a surge in violence.

          U.S. and Afghan commanders said militants in the Korengal Valley, in eastern Kunar province near the Pakistani border, were intent on disrupting voting. They said the valley held hundreds of Afghan rebels, as well as extremists from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Chechnya.

          "We want them running for their lives way up in the hills where they can't attack polling stations," said Capt. John Moshane of the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, based in Hawaii. "We want to isolate them from the community."

          Hundreds of Marines and Afghan special forces troopers started moving into position at one end of the valley Thursday, about 120 miles east of the capital, Kabul. They dug mortar and machine-gun pits for a resupply base in a corn field near Kandagal, a village of about 100 farm families.

          Reacting quickly, rebels fired rockets at a nearby U.S. post and a troop convoy but did not hit anything.

          American and Afghan forces hiked into the rugged mountains Friday and Saturday, many leading lines of donkeys laden with food and water. A-10 attack planes circled high above.

          The operation was expected to last at least two weeks, Moshane said.

          One of the main objectives is breaking up a network of militants led by a local Taliban officer, Ahmad Shah, also known as Ismail, who claimed responsibility for the June 28 attacks, said Kirimat Tanhah, a commander in the U.S.-trained and financed Afghan Special Forces.

          Shah is suspected of having ties to al-Qaida militants in Pakistan, he said.

          "Ismail's men ambushed the SEAL team and shot down the helicopter," Tanhah told The Associated Press. "Many of them are foreigners and have trained in Pakistan and elsewhere."

          He said Shah also pays impoverished villagers to fight for him.

          Lt. Col. Jim Donnellan, commander of the Marine battalion, said the valley was a base for lots of other "bad guys" besides Shah, including al-Qaida militants, fighters loyal to renegade former premier Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and other Taliban groups.

          Dozens of criminals involved in timber and gem smuggling are there, too, he said.

          "Some of them are thugs, others are political ideologues, coming in and throwing their money around," Donnellan said. "Many villagers are paid good money to work with the militants."

          Meanwhile, a local shepherd who rescued the only member of the ambushed SEAL team to survive June 28, was reported in hiding after militants threatened to kill him.

          Donnellan, the Marine commander, confirmed the fourth SEAL was sheltered by a villager, but he declined to elaborate. He didn't comment on the accounts of tribesmen who said shepherd Sher Alam was hiding from extremists.

          "Men distributed leaflets around our village saying they were going to kill him," said Shah Wali, a neighbor. "His wife and children are being protected by others in the village, but Sher had to leave."

          He said Alam was grazing his animals when he found the wounded commando hiding in the mountains after the ambush. Wali said the SEAL pointed his gun at Alam, but the shepherd raised his shirt to show he had no weapon and was not a threat.

          Alam took the man to his home and bandaged his wounds, before walking to a nearby U.S. base to alert them, Wali said.

          He said Alam, who is Pashtun, the same ethnicity as most Taliban fighters, gave sanctuary to the American because "it is our culture."

          "We would help anyone who asks, anyone ... well, except Osama bin Laden because he damaged our country," Wali added.



          Japanese PM launches general election campaign
          Katrina slams US Gulf Coast, oil rigs adrift
          Japan's 6 parties square off in TV debate
           
            Today's Top News     Top World News
           

          President Hu Jintao: Gender equality crucial

           

             
           

          Special grants offered to poor students

           

             
           

          EU takes steps to unblock China textiles

           

             
           

          Farmers sue county for illegal land use

           

             
           

          Search for 123 trapped miners suspended

           

             
           

          Hurricane Katrina rocks New Orleans

           

             
            Bush promises post-storm help for victims
             
            Sharon: Not all settlements in final deal
             
            Hurricane Katrina rocks New Orleans
             
            Sri Lanka PM focuses on ending civil war
             
            Musharraf warns Pakistan Islamic schools
             
            Katrina may cost insurers $25 bln
             
           
            Go to Another Section  
           
           
            Story Tools  
             
            News Talk  
            Are the Republicans exploiting the memory of 9/11?  
          Advertisement
                   
          主站蜘蛛池模板: 无码国产精品一区二区免费式直播| 久久男人av资源站| japanese人妻中文字幕| 正在播放的国产A一片| 大地资源网高清在线观看| 中文字幕人妻精品在线| 国产亚洲成AV人片在线观看导航| 亚洲国产精品老熟女乱码| 中国美女a级毛片| 国产在线乱子伦一区二区| 国产成人久久精品流白浆| 国产在线午夜不卡精品影院| 国产精品天干天干综合网| 亚洲精品福利一区二区三区蜜桃| 亚洲人成人日韩中文字幕| 亚洲色欲在线播放一区二区三区 | 一区二区三区激情都市| 8x永久华人成年免费| 久久精品国产亚洲av熟女| аⅴ天堂中文在线网| 激情综合色综合久久丁香| 国产av无码专区亚洲aⅴ| 亚洲午夜福利网在线观看| 在线天堂最新版资源| 国产精品99久久免费| 欧美中文字幕在线看| 一本色综合久久| 天堂影院一区二区三区四区| 女人把腿张开男人来桶| 国产高清在线不卡一区| 国产MD视频一区二区三区| 日本东京热不卡一区二区| 人人模人人爽人人喊久久| 国产av一区二区三区综合| 69久久国产露脸精品国产| 激情动态图亚洲区域激情| 久久久久久久久久久久中文字幕| 国产精品一二三区久久狼| 色伦专区97中文字幕| 人妻教师痴汉电车波多野结衣 | 国产一级无码不卡视频|