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Nine rebels, one soldier killed in Afghanistan
An Afghan soldier and nine militants were killed and 11 people, including nine foreign troops, wounded in fresh violence across Afghanistan, officials said on Monday. Six Taliban rebels were killed in a gunfight with Afghan and NATO-led troops in the eastern province of Paktia, provincial police chief Abdul Rahman Sarjang said. Separately, a soldier with the US-led coalition and an Afghan interpreter were wounded when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in the province of Khost on Monday, a spokesman with the NATO-led force told AFP. Meanwhile, Afghanistans Supreme Court has ruled that parliaments sacking of foreign minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta after a vote of no- confidence was unconstitutional. Spanta lost the May 12 vote, called after the Iranian government began forcing out tens of thousands of Afghans living in the country illegally, two days after a similar one cost the refugees minister his job. President Hamid Karzai referred Spantas case to the Supreme Court, saying the voting procedure was irregular. He also questioned if a minister could be subjected to a no-confidence vote on an issue not directly related to his work. Spanta meanwhile continued his official duties. Posted by: Fred 2007-06-05 |
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