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NATO says air strike kills senior Taleban fighter
 KABUL - US warplanes killed a senior Taleban commander in an air strike in the violence-racked southern Afghan province of Uruzgan on Tuesday, NATO said.The alliance said in a statement up to 16 Taleban, including the commander, were killed in the overnight attack in Uruzgan. The aircraft engaged a known mid-level Taleban commander in the vicinity of Bagh-Khosak in the Khod Valley with three 500 pound bombs, killing him and 10 to 15 additional Taleban militants, the alliance said in a statement. Posted by: Steve White 2006-10-18 |
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