Teacher:In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: Passage: The alliance at the time did not provide information on casualties, saying that toll was being assessed. "According to intelligence reports, we've killed 30 Taliban including some of their commanders," Kandahar governor Asadullah Khalid told a news conference on Sunday, four days after the raid.
Student:
alliance