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Five Taleban killed as UK troops join raid on Afghan village
 BRITISH soldiers have killed five suspected Taleban fighters in an operation in Afghanistan's troubled Helmand province. The troops joined coalition forces for the raid on a village in the south-west of the country. A Ministry of Defence spokesman said last night the operation was looking for evidence of Taleban militants. "There has been a coalition-led cordon-and-search operation involving UK troops in Nowzad in north Helmand. Five Taleban have been killed and two detained. There were no UK casualties." There was no let-up in the fighting, meanwhile, with at least 28 people killed, including four in an attempt to blow up Kandahar's provincial governor.Posted by: Seafarious 2006-06-05 |
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