Insurgents that is.

Afghan Troops Kill 15 Suspected Taliban

Published: 3/22/06, 2:05 AM EDT

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan security forces attacked a group of suspected Taliban rebels after they crossed the border from neighboring Pakistan, killing at least 15 of them, an army commander said Wednesday.

Four insurgents fled back across the border after the two-hour gunbattle late Tuesday near the border town of Spin Boldak in Kandahar province, said Abdul Razak, the frontier security commander.

The fighting was the deadliest in weeks in Afghanistan.

AP

Deadliest in weeks??? Not a single non-insurgent was killed, yet the media tries to make it sound like violence is ever increasing. Several months ago the story coming out of Afghanistan was that around 1,300 people had been killed in insurgent attacks over a period of several months. What they failed to report was that well over a thousand of those deaths were insurgents. Of course adding that little tidbit of information greatly changes the dynamic of the story for the better, which is probably why several news sources left it out.

When it comes to those who wish to do the killing, should their deaths even count? It's kind of like adding the death of a gunman in with the death count of his victims.