US war planes attacked a house in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday after a government militiaman was killed and a US soldier wounded in an ambush by suspected Taleban fighters. The ambush happened on Friday about five kilometres west of Khost where several hundred US-led troops are based, said Hayatullah, a security officer for Khost governor, Hakim Taniwal. At least one of the attackers was killed in a one-hour clash that followed the ambush. Government reinforcements surrounded a house where others suspected Taleban fighters had taken refuge. âIn the morning American planes came and badly destroyed it,â Hayatullah said. It was not clear how many of the occupants were killed or wounded, he said. It was the first time US aircraft had conducted an attack in Afghanistan in about six weeks.
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