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Taliban Fighters Killed in Airstrike
A coalition airstrike killed more than 20 Taliban insurgents after they had gathered to oversee a public execution in northeastern Afghanistan on Saturday, Afghan officials said.Some Afghan officials in Kunar Province, where the attack took place, put the death toll much higher, at 40 to 50. NATO said only that at least two dozen insurgents were killed after a joint Afghan-NATO ground operation observed a large gathering of armed men and called in an airstrike. After the attack, Afghan and NATO officials inspected the site and said no civilians were killed by the bombing, the coalition said. The bombing took place in the Chapa Dara district of Kunar Province, a remote area close to the border with Pakistan. According to locals and the police chief of the Chapa Dara district, the insurgents had gathered after a quarrel between two families resulted in a death. The victims relatives surrounded those they said were responsible for the death and called in the Taliban to administer justice. Posted by: tipper 2012-08-18 |
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