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Turkish army kills 15 Kurdish rebels: TV
Ankara (AFP) Oct 28, 2007 The Turkish army on Sunday killed 15 Kurdish rebels in an operation in the eastern province of Tunceli, the CNN Turk news channel reported. The operation, backed by helicopter gunships, took place in mountainous terrain near the town of Pulumur, it said. The main road between Tunceli and the neighbouring province of Erzurum to the east was closed early in the morning as the crackdown began, the report said. Tunceli, a stronghold of the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) stronghold, is about 600 kilometres (370 miles) north of the Iraqi border, where tensions have risen amid Turkish threats to launch a military strike on PKK bases in northern Iraq. The army had clamped down on PKK positions in Tunceli on Wednesday after militants detonated two remote-control bombs as soldiers combed the countryside for landmines. The military has reported killing more than 60 rebels in operations since October 21 when a PKK ambush near the Iraqi border left 12 soldiers dead. Eight soldiers were captured. The PKK, listed as a terrorist group by Ankara and much of the international community, has waged a bloody campaign for Kurdish self-rule in Turkey's eastern and southeastern provinces. The conflict has claimed more than 37,000 lives. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links News From Across The Stans
NATO nations scrape together reinforcements for Afghanistan
Noordwijk, Netherlands (AFP) Oct 25, 2007NATO defence ministers resumed talks Thursday after drumming up fresh troops for Afghanistan despite reluctance, led by Germany, to deploy to dangerous parts of the country. |
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