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15 Afghans held with Pakistani troops' help
WoT background noise, except for the fact that the Paks are claiming to have helped bag them... US-led troops in Afghanistan captured 15 Afghans on Wednesday with the help of Pakistani troops. It was not clear whether the 15 detainees, described as "local nationals", had taken part in the attack in insurgency-hit Shkin district, which faces Pakistan's remote tribal area where Al Qaeda and Taliban fugitives have hidden. "They were detained for questioning and then later released," spokesman Mark McCann told AFP. "We do not have definite information that these people were part of the anti-coalition militia who were being pursued by the coalition forces."The suspects were captured when Pakistani troops prevented a group of insurgents from crossing into their side of the border as coalition forces pursued them after a brief gunbattle, another US spokesman Major Scott Nelson said. There were no reports of deaths in the gunfight.Posted by: 2004-09-29 |
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