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US, Afghan Forces Raid Compound In Southern Afghanistan
American and Afghan troops raided a compound in southern Afghanistan, sparking a firefight in which one suspect was injured, the U.S. military said Monday. The raid took place Sunday morning near Deh Rawood, spokesman Lt. Col. Bryan Hilferty told The Associated Press. The town in Uruzgan province has been a focus of activity for suspected Taliban militants. Uruzgan officials said the raid was in response to an attack on a U.S. convoy on Saturday that injured two American soldiers. Hilferty denied such an incident, but offered no other explanation for Sundayâs operation. Troops including special forces came under small arms fire as they approached the compound. "We cleared the compound, placing under custody several personnel, including one wounded man," Hilferty said. The soldiers also seized weapons and ammunition. There were no coalition casualties. Uruzgan governor Jan Mohammed Khan told AP that the house belonged to Haji Ghulam Nabi, a tribal leader who Khan said had close ties to the former Taliban regime. Three of his relatives were detained, but Nabi appeared to have In another incident to emerge Monday, the U.S. military said an airstrike destroyed an illegal drugs laboratory in the far north of the country. Several people were detained by U.S. and Afghan troops in the Friday raid on the lab, some 60 miles northeast of Kunduz, Hilferty said. An A-10 ground attack aircraft was called in to destroy the facility, which contained about 1.5 tons of opium, a half-ton of chemicals and processing equipment, he said.
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