NATO Troops Take Taliban Stronghold
This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – More than 1,000 NATO and Afghan troops clashed with Taliban and took over control of a district center in southern Afghanistan long held by the militants, officials and witnesses said Saturday. The troops used helicopters, armored vehicles and infantry in their push toward the town of Sangin in Helmand province, the world’s biggest opium-producing region, NATO’s International Security Assistance Force said in a statement late Friday.
