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| US-led troops kill militants in Kandahar |
| 2008-05-07 |
| US-led coalition troops say they killed several 'militants' in east Afghanistan, while a roadside bomb in the south wounded five people. The coalition said in a statement that its troops killed a number of 'militants' during a raid Monday on several compounds in the Achin district of Nangarhar province. The troops also detained a militant suspected of involvement in conducting bomb attacks in the region during the raid, the statement said. The coalition did not provide the exact number of militants killed. In southern Afghanistan, which is the center of the Taliban-led insurgency, a bomb placed on a bicycle just outside the city of Kandahar hit a car carrying policemen Tuesday, wounding three officers and two civilians, AP reported. Provincial police official Mohammad Shoaib said the officers worked at a police training academy. Insurgents often target police, who are more vulnerable and exposed than the better-trained and equipped Afghan national army. Over 920 police officers were killed by militants in 2007. |
| Posted by:Fred |