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US air strike kills 20 suspected Taliban
 [Iran Press TV Latest] A US-led air strike has killed at least 20 suspected Taliban militants in the troubled southern Afghan province of Helmand, the US says. Dozens of militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades allegedly ambushed foreign and Afghan troops in the Kajaki district of Helmand on Wednesday. A precision strike was called to neutralize the militants following the pitched battles and ground clashes. "The information we have says that all 20 of the militants were killed in the precision strike," a US military spokesman said. Posted by: Fred 2009-04-03 |
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