The military says the anti-insurgency operation in the area has so far killed nearly 2,000 Taliban militants and left more than 300 soldiers dead.
VOA: standard.2009.09.11
After thousands of diseased dead pigs were found recently in waterways near Shanghai, nearly 100 dead pigs have also been found floating in the Hejiabin River of neighbouring Jiangsu province, Hong Kong's Oriental Daily News reports.