Government troops killed 23 rebels during a six-hour battle in Tihun, Government radio said today. It quoted an army commander, Lieut. Col. Tom Carew, as saying the battle began on Thursday in the southern town when the rebel Revolutionary United Front tried to recapture it. The military Government has taken the offensive against the rebel bases, despite the efforts of foreign envoys to end the civil war, which began in 1991.
On Friday, state radio said Government forces had killed 70 rebels this week and destroyed a rebel base in the Kangari Hills in the north.
Source: New York Times
