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Troops 'kill five in Afghanistan'
US-led coalition forces and Afghan police have shot dead five militants in a clash in southern Helmand province, a coalition statement says. Three vehicles came speeding towards the checkpoint in Zara Kalay village and failed to stop, the statement said. Eight militants came out of the cars and started firing - troops returned fire, killing five, it said. The US-led coalition statement said the three remaining militants in the Helmand clash managed to escape. Neither coalition forces nor Afghan police had suffered any casualties, it said. It added that there were no Afghan civilians in the vehicles used by the militants. Posted by: Steve 2007-05-02 |
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