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Coalition: Dozens of Afghan insurgents killed
SPECIAL REPORTYOUR E-MAIL ALERTS(CNN) -- Troops fighting Taliban militants in Afghanistan killed a few dozen insurgents earlier this week in two restive southern provinces, the coalition command in Kabul said on Saturday in press releases. The Taliban -- which harbored al Qaeda -- was ousted from power in Afghanistan after the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. Remnants of the Taliban and their supporters have escalated their attacks this spring -- a challenge for NATO's expanded security presence in the country. Two actions were reported Thursday in Uruzgan province, where coalition forces killed 10 "enemy fighters" in one incident, and four "extremists" were killed in a joint Afghan National Army and coalition operation. In Zabul province on Monday, Canadian troops and Afghan National Army forces fought with more 60 insurgents and killed about 30 of them. "There are known Taliban extremists in Zabul Province, and Afghan National Security and Coalition Forces will continue to attack these enemies of Afghanistan until the province is safe and secure," said Lt. Col. Paul Fitzpatrick, Combined Joint Task Force - 76 spokesman. Taliban militants set fire to a school on June 3, in Uruzgan, the coalition command said, noting that "Taliban extremists have been implicated or have claimed responsibility for damaging more than 45 schools, assassinating teachers and intimidating school aged children in the past year." 
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