U.S.-LED COALITION AND AFGHAN FORCES RETOOK A SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN TOWN FROM SUSPECTED TALIBAN REBELS IN HEAVY FIGHTING THAT LEFT AS MANY AS 20 REBELS DEAD, OFFICIALS SAID SATURDAY. THE COALITION FORCES AND AFGHAN ARMY TROOPS ON FRIDAY DROVE SUSPECTED TALIBAN INSURGENTS FROM THE URUZGAN TOWN OF CHORI, WHERE MILITANTS HAD PUSHED OUT SECURITY FORCES EARLIER THIS WEEK, SAID GEN. ZAHIR AZIMI, A DEFENSE MINISTRY SPOKESMAN. AT LEAST 15 REBELS LAY DEAD IN THE TOWN AFTER THE FIGHTING AND AS MANY AS 20 MAY HAVE DIED, HE SAID. THERE WAS NO WORD ON COALITION OR AFGHAN ARMY CASUALTIES, ACCORDING TO A REPORT OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
