Taliban militants removed from villages outside Kandahar

Another mission proves victorious as Afghan and NATO forces successfully cleared Taliban militants from the villages they infiltrated outside Kandahar, Afghanistan.  The threat that the Taliban might try to move into their former stronghold in the southern part of the country has been removed and NATO has urged the roughly 4,000 Afghans who were forced to flee their homes in preparation of this mission to return back.  For more information on similar news stories, click here and return back to comment.