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| Coalition soldier and dozen rebels killed in Afghanistan |
| 2008-01-26 |
| A soldier with the US-led coalition was killed and three others wounded in a battle in northeastern Afghanistan on Friday that destroyed an insurgent cell and killed about a dozen rebels, AFP quoted the force as saying. An Afghan security force member and an interpreter were also wounded in the fight in a remote area of Kunar province near the border with Pakistan, a coalition statement said. Taliban insurgents fired on troops who were searching for fighters, it said. The security forces returned fire, calling in aircraft that delivered precision-guided bombs to “eliminate the enemy threat.” About a dozen rebels were killed, a coalition spokesman said. The coalition did not release the nationality of its casualties in accordance with its policy. Meanwhile, a roadside bomb killed four Afghan fighters from the US-led coalition force on Friday in southeastern Afghanistan, Reuters quoted a provincial official as saying. The fighters were killed when the device hit their vehicle on a road in Khost province on the border with Pakistan, he said. He said the blast was the work of terrorists. |
| Posted by:Fred |