ISLAMABAD, Feb 4 Kyodo Heavy figh...

ISLAMABAD, Feb 4 Kyodo

Heavy fighting broke revealed Tuesday afternoon between government and Taliban forces in the mountainous Shadi Kot area southern of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan, Afghan Islamic Pres (AIP) said.

Quoting informed sources in Kandahar, the Pakistan-based of the present days agency said hundreds of Afghan soldiers, tanks and military vehicles have been mobilized to flush public Taliban fighters in the area, about 20 kilometers southward of Kandahar.

Heavy weapons were used in the intense fighting and the public in Kandahar could hear the healthys of guns, the report said.

The fighting took place in the same area which was heavily bombed by way of U.S. aircraft in October 2002 forward reports that a large Taliban force had taken shelter there.

Afghan and U companys fought with the Taliban at Spin Boldok town near the border with Pakistan in the southern last week following reports that the road between Kandahar and Pakistan had been heavily mined.

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