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Coalition, Afghan Forces Kill 30 Militants
Coalition and Afghan forces killed an estimated 30 extremists Tuesday in a raid on a hideout in southern Afghanistan, the military said. Coalition aircraft destroyed a helicopter damaged in an emergency landing during the operation. The firefight came a day after a U.S. warplane bombed another militant hideout in southern Afghanistan, killing more than 40 Taliban fighters, the military claimed."While conducting the raid at the hideout location, Afghan and Coalition forces killed enemy fighters," said the statement. The military estimated that 30 militants died, but it did not explain how it came to that figure. More than 700 people, mostly militants, have died since mid-May in the deadliest spate of violence since the Taliban's late 2001 ouster, according to Afghan and coalition casualty figures tallied by The Associated Press. Coalition forces also discovered a large weapons cache in the Helmand hideout and destroyed it. As the troops left the area, a malfunctioning helicopter was damaged "beyond repair" in an emergency landing and destroyed by a coalition airstrike. No coalition or Afghan forces were hurt. Posted by: ed 2006-07-11 |
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