January 15, 2007	Monday	Zilhaj 24, 1427

KANDAHAR, Jan 14: A military operation in which a British soldier died in Afghanistan at the weekend left about 30 Taliban fighters dead, Afghan police said on Sunday.

The British forces, however, could not confirm the rebel toll but said “possibly a significant number” were killed in the fighting in the Kajaki district of the southern province of Helmand that started on Saturday.

“In the two-day operation 30 Taliban were killed and another 20 were wounded,” Helmand police chief Mohammad Nabi Mullahkhail said.—AFP