Taleban Death Toll 'Inaccurate'
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Courtesy Of: BBC News
Last Updated: Sunday, 10 December 2006
Claims of casualties in have been almost impossible to verifyThe Nato force in Afghanistan has said claims it killed up to 80 Taleban fighters in a battle earlier this month were inaccurate.
Claims of casualties in have been almost impossible to verifyThe Nato force in Afghanistan has said claims it killed up to 80 Taleban fighters in a battle earlier this month were inaccurate.
A statement released on Sunday said the true figure was seven or eight.
It is understood that figures for the total number of fighters and the number of casualties were confused, but the mistake was not immediately corrected.
The clash near Musa Qala in Helmand province involved Danish forces who were fighting alongside British troops.
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