Pentagon: More than 100 Haqqani fighters killed
The Pentagon says US and NATO forces have killed more than 100 fighters from a Pakistan-based faction of the Taliban during the past two weeks.
Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell says the killings targeted the Haqqani network in eastern Afghanistan. The radical Islamic group is a Pakistan-based offshoot of the Taliban with ties to al-Qaeda. It is considered one of the main threats to US forces in Afghanistan. (AP)
